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Records
Phone: (303) 384-8035
Fax: (303) 384-8077
Direct Mailing Address:
Golden Police Department
Attn: Police Records Unit
911 10th Street
Golden, CO 80401
Contacts:
Kim Kinion
Records Supervisor
(303) 384-8038
Records Forms
The Police Records Unit is located inside the City of Golden City Hall and is available Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, holidays excluded.
The following information is a partial list of what can be obtained through the Records Unit. Please note there are fees for the below documents, please refer to the fee schedule.
- Police Reports (includes : incident, crime, arrest and traffic accident reports)
- Summons and Complaint (summons or tickets)
- Police Clearance Letter / Local Background Check
- Address History Check
- Name History Check
- Mug Photos
- Statistical Reports
- Sex Offender Registration Information
Obtaining a Police Report
The Golden Police Department follows the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, to include all applicable Colorado Revised Statutes and Golden Police Department policies, when releasing our criminal justice records. There may be instances that you will be referred to either the District Attorney to file a motion for discovery or to the Courts for information that we are not able to provide.
To save time, as well as make certain that the report is available, it is best to contact the Records Unit prior to coming to the police department. Reports will not be faxed.
In order to locate the records and/or report you are requesting you must provide at least one item from the below list:
- A case report number
- The date and location of occurrence
- The victim’s name
- The suspect’s name (if the suspect was arrested)
In order to request a copy of a report you must first fill out and sign a request form. You may obtain the form in several different ways:
You may request the report in person at the Police Department and complete the form or
Print out a copy of the Application for Release of Criminal Justice Records, complete the form and
fax it to (303) 384-8077 OR
mail it to:
Golden Police Department
Attn: Records,
911 10th Street
Golden, CO 80401.
Once we have your form we will research whether or not the report/information that you need is releasable.
If you fax in your request we will call you when we know if the report is releasable and how much it will cost. You are then required to either mail in payment or come in to make payment before we will release the report to you.
If you are mailing in your request and need to know how much your report will cost please call us prior to mailing in the request and we will determine the cost for you so that you can include payment with your request form.
If you come into our office, in most cases, we will process your request while you wait. If it is a complicated request or a request that will take a lot of time to process we may require the 72 hours we are allowed by law to process your request. In any event we will do our very best to process your request in a timely manner.
Traffic Accident Reports
State traffic accident reports may be obtained and purchased in person through the Records Unit. An application for release of criminal justice records must be completed. You may also purchase a copy of the state traffic accident report online at www.reportbeam.com. If you wish to purchase any additional supplemental forms such as an investigative report (if applicable), witness statements etc., there is an additional fee and you must contact the Records Unit directly.
Impounded Vehicles
Denver West Towing
16035 West 4th Avenue
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 279-3434
Police Impound – NO HOLD
If you’re vehicle was impounded by the Golden Police Department it was towed by Denver West Towing. Please contact Denver West Towing directly to make arrangements for the release of your vehicle. In order to release a vehicle, the tow company will only release the vehicle to the registered owner. You, as the registered owner will need to provide the tow company with the following documents:
- Current registration
- Current proof of insurance
- Picture Identification
Police Impound – POLICE HOLD
If you’re vehicle was impound by the Golden Police Department and is being held on a “police hold”. You must wait until the investigating officer releases the hold on the vehicle. Once the hold is released, Denver West Towing will be notified by the Records Unit and then you must contact them directly to make arrangements to obtain you’re vehicle.
If you need additional information you will need to contact the investigating officer directly. You may contact the investigating officer by calling their phone number directly if you have it, or you may contact Dispatch at (303) 384-8045 or contact the Records Unit.
Clearance Letters / Local Background Checks
Clearance letters/background checks are a notarized statement that identifies what a person’s history has been with a local law enforcement agency. Clearance letters/background checks only apply to the particular law enforcement agency that it is provided by.
If you live in the Denver Metro area you are required to come in and request the clearance letter/background check in person by providing a photo identification and paying the applicable fees.
If you live outside the Denver Metro area you may print a copy of the clearance letter request form, completely fill out the form (any form not completed will be returned), and mail the form along with the applicable fee to the Records Unit.
If you require a background check that identifies all arrests STATEWIDE, you must obtain this through the Colorado Bureau of Investigations in person at 690 Kipling Street, Lakewood, CO 80221 or through their website at www.cbirecordscheck.com.
If you require a background check that identifies all arrests NATIONWIDE you may obtain additional information through their website at www.fbi.gov.
Fingerprinting Services
For fingerprinting services you must contact Dispatch directly.
Fingerprinting services are provided on Wednesday’s each week between 8:30am and 4:30 pm, by appointment only. Requirements for fingerprinting are;
- You must live or work within the jurisdiction of the Golden Police Department. You may contact Police Dispatch for address verification.
- You must provide your own fingerprint cards. These should be provided by whomever is requiring the prints or you may obtain print cards through the Colorado Bureau of Investigations.
- $10.00 fee
Court Ordered Fingerprinting and Mug Photos
If you receive a court order from the Jefferson County Combined Courts and you were originally arrested and/or served a summons by a Golden Police Officer, you may come into the police department any time Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm. There is no fee for court ordered fingerprints.
Registered Sex Offenders
Sex offender information will not be released over the phone. Any person interested in obtaining sex offender information may come to the Records Unit and request a sex offender list. In order to obtain a list of current sex offenders you must complete and sign a waiver and provide a picture ID. The sex offender list will be provided at no cost.
You may also obtain national sex offender information by going to the Department of Justice website at www.nsopr.gov.
Services for Media Outlets
Media personnel should contact the Public Information Officer (PIO) directly for information on incidents that are in progress or recently occurred. Currently the PIO for the Golden Police Department is Officer Jeff Hesalroad and he can be reached at (303) 384-8062.
Daily media logs can be viewed by request through the Records Unit. If you are interested in requesting a report or audio, you may do so by following the above mentioned report request guidelines. Applicable fees will apply.
If you are interested in statistical data you must request this information through the Records Unit. Due to the time that research may take, statistical requests will generally take 72 hours to produce. Applicable fees will apply.
Adopt A Bear
Voluntary donations of $20.00 are accepted at the Records Unit for the Adopt A Bear Program which provides monetary assistance to Victim Outreach Inc. (VOI). VOI provides assistance in many different forms to victims of crimes. When you make a donation you will receive a teddy bear that has a T-Shirt that states “ Hugs” with an officer badge. A second bear is then placed in a patrol car for an officer to provide to a child that may be affected by a crime. If you provide your name and address at the time you make the donation a letter will be sent to you when the bear in the patrol car is adopted, letting you know how it benefited a child. All proceeds are donated to VOI.
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