Little Rock Police Records
Little Rock police records cover every arrest, incident, and accident report taken by the Little Rock Police Department inside city limits. To find Little Rock police records, start at the LRPD Records Division at 615 W Markham St. or use the online portals the city runs for incident, accident, and FOIA requests. Most reports are ready a few hours after the call. Little Rock is in Pulaski County, so arrests made by the county sheriff outside city limits go through the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office instead. This page shows the records unit hours, fees, and direct Little Rock police records request links.
Little Rock Police Records Overview
Little Rock Police Records Division
The Little Rock Police Department Records Division is at 615 W Markham St., Little Rock, AR 72201. The main phone is (501) 371-4654. Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Most police and accident reports are ready eight hours after the officer files them. Copies run $5 to $10 per report. You can also get criminal history and traffic history in person at the records counter.
The Telephone Reporting Unit at (501) 918-4397 takes certain reports by phone. TRU hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. TRU covers reports where no suspect is present and no evidence needs to be collected.
Types of reports TRU handles include:
- Theft reports and lost items
- Harassing phone communications
- Identity fraud and forgery
- Criminal mischief and vandalism
- Hit and run with no injury on private property
- Vacation home requests
- Lost or stolen license plates
For anything in progress or with evidence on scene, call 9-1-1. The non-emergency line for report types TRU cannot take is 501-371-4829.
Online Little Rock Police Records Request
Little Rock lets residents file non-emergency reports online and request copies of past reports through the same vendor. The new report portal is easy to reach from any browser except Internet Explorer.
The screenshot above comes from the Little Rock Police FOIA page. That page lays out the full FOIA process. To file an online incident report, go to secure.coplogic.com. To request a copy of an existing incident report, the link is secure.coplogic.com/rar/startrequest/200001082. Both sites are hosted by CopLogic for the Little Rock PD.
Accident reports go through BuyCrash at buycrash.lexisnexisrisk.com. Select Arkansas, then Little Rock Police Department, then search by report number or by driver last name plus crash date. Fees are state-set for crash reports.
For the city's full FOIA portal, use littlerock.justfoia.com. The portal tracks your request, lets you see status, and sends records back electronically when ready.
Little Rock Police FOIA Rules
The FOIA Unit Commander is Lt. James Sloan, who reports to the Major over the Professional Standards Division. The legal authority is the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act at Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 through § 25-19-105. Records are open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at LRPD Headquarters. The requester must be a citizen of Arkansas under § 25-19-105(a)(1)(A).
A good Little Rock police records request gives the agency enough detail to locate the file with reasonable effort, as required by § 25-19-105(a)(2)(C). Case numbers, dates, names, and incident locations all help. If the cost of your request will go over $25, the department can require prepayment under § 25-19-105(d)(3)(A)(iii).
Records that are not public include open investigations, witness statements in active cases, internal notes and draft opinions, juvenile records, and sealed or expunged files. LRPD can redact the names of minors and sensitive victim information before releasing a file.
Note: Police records in Little Rock from a closed case are usually released in full. Open case files are withheld until the case is adjudicated.
Little Rock Accident Reports
Accident reports in Little Rock come from two places. LRPD handles city crashes. The Arkansas State Police handles crashes on interstates and some highways inside city limits. LRPD uses BuyCrash for online purchase. State troopers use the Arkansas State Police crash report portal at crashreports.ark.org.
If you were in a crash and don't know which agency responded, ask the officer at the scene or check the top of the exchange-of-information slip. The report number on that slip matches the record in the online system. Reports are usually ready within ten business days.
Insurance companies and attorneys often pull the same report through BuyCrash or the state portal. The public fee runs $10 for the state portal and varies for BuyCrash by jurisdiction. Include the report number for fastest lookup. If you don't have it, use the driver last name, date, and location.
Pulaski County Police Records
Little Rock is the county seat of Pulaski County. For arrests made by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, records live with the sheriff at 2900 S. Woodrow, not with LRPD. The county runs its own jail and inmate roster. See the Pulaski County police records page for the sheriff's contact info, FOIA process, and inmate lookup links.
Court cases tied to Little Rock arrests end up with the Pulaski County Circuit Clerk and show up on Arkansas CourtConnect at caseinfo.arcourts.gov. Search by party name or case number to see charges, hearing dates, docket entries, and disposition.
Little Rock Background Checks
Little Rock residents can get a local criminal history check at the LRPD Records Division counter. That check pulls from Little Rock Police Department files only. For a full Arkansas check, use the Arkansas State Police online background system at cbc.ark.org or the ARCH public portal at ark.org/asp/arch. Name-based state checks are $22. ARCH online searches are $24 each.
For national coverage, the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau at 1 State Police Plaza Drive runs FBI fingerprint-based checks. The number is (501) 618-8500. You must fill out ASP Form 122 and include a check or money order. Mail-in requests need a notarized signature. In-person requests need a photo ID.
The Arkansas Sex Offender Registry is maintained by the Arkansas Crime Information Center. Public search is free by name, address, ZIP code, or county. The registry covers Level 2, 3, and 4 offenders statewide, including those living in Little Rock.
Little Rock Police Records Tips
A few things speed up a Little Rock police records request. Bring the case number or incident number if you have it. Give the full name of everyone involved. List the date, time, and address of the incident. If the officer gave you a business card, the name and badge help the records clerk pull the file.
Records for closed cases are usually released within a day or two. Older Little Rock police records may take longer if they sit in the archive. Some specialized files, such as internal affairs records or use of force reports, have extra review before release. The Professional Standards Division handles those.
If a Little Rock police records request is denied, you can appeal. File a short petition in Pulaski County Circuit Court. The judge reviews the denial and orders release if the records do not fall under a FOIA exemption. Many FOIA appeals in Arkansas move through the court in under thirty days. The Attorney General at 1-800-482-8982 also offers FOIA advice.
Nearby Cities with Police Records
Several other Arkansas cities inside or near Pulaski County have their own police records pages on this site.