police blotter
Daily crime record
A police blotter is a daily log of arrests, incidents, and activities recorded at a police station.
Newspapers traditionally published summaries from these records, and police blotter now often refers to that genre of local crime reporting: The police blotter noted three DUIs and a shoplifting arrest over the weekend.
Lawful detentions by police
- burglariesUnlawful entries to steal
- theftsActs of unlawful taking
- assaultsViolent physical attacks
- vandalismWillful property damage
DUIs · disturbances · trespassing · domestic disputes · drug offenses · traffic violations · noise complaints · shoplifting
Document describing what happened
- arrest recordDocumentation of criminal detentions
- public recordOfficially accessible government information
- daily logRoutine written record
- call logRecord of telephone activity
Journalism about nearby events
- crime beatJournalist's law enforcement coverage
- newspaper columnRegular journalistic feature
- public noticePosted community information
- court docketSchedule of legal proceedings
arrests
Lawful detentions by police
- burglariesUnlawful entries to steal
- theftsActs of unlawful taking
- assaultsViolent physical attacks
vandalism · DUIs · disturbances · trespassing · domestic disputes · drug offenses · traffic violations · noise complaints · shoplifting · break-ins
incident report
Document describing what happened
- arrest recordDocumentation of criminal detentions
- public recordOfficially accessible government information
- daily logRoutine written record
local news
Journalism about nearby events
- crime beatJournalist's law enforcement coverage
- newspaper columnRegular journalistic feature
- public noticePosted community information
- local newscommunity news, local reporter, local politics, local events, city council
- newspapernews, headline, headlines, byline, front page
- crime newscrime scene, court reporter, court reporting, breaking news, arrest report
- police recordsarrest report, incident report, arrest records, case files, crime report
- newspapersnewspaper, headlines, headline, news, articles
- print mediaheadline, magazine, articles, news, byline
police blottercase file
Documents about one matter
court record · criminal indictment · investigative report · trial transcript · forensic analysis
police blottersealed records
Legally restricted official documents
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