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    The document defines a police blotter as a book that records arrests and other daily events at a police station. It must include details like names, ages, addresses of suspects, times, locations of incidents, and names of officers and victims. Freedom of information laws require police to keep these daily records, known as police blotters, available for public inspection and review by local newspapers. The example statute from Pennsylvania further defines a police blotter as a chronological listing of arrests and alleged offenses.

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    The document defines a police blotter as a book that records arrests and other daily events at a police station. It must include details like names, ages, addresses of suspects, times, locations of incidents, and names of officers and victims. Freedom of information laws require police to keep these daily records, known as police blotters, available for public inspection and review by local newspapers. The example statute from Pennsylvania further defines a police blotter as a chronological listing of arrests and alleged offenses.

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    The document defines a police blotter as a book that records arrests and other daily events at a police station. It must include details like names, ages, addresses of suspects, times, locations of incidents, and names of officers and victims. Freedom of information laws require police to keep these daily records, known as police blotters, available for public inspection and review by local newspapers. The example statute from Pennsylvania further defines a police blotter as a chronological listing of arrests and alleged offenses.

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    Police Blotter Law and Legal Definition

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    Police Blotter Law and Legal Definition

    Police blotter is a slang term that is used in police practice and procedures. It
    refers to a book that records arrests and other facts and events in a police
    station, on a daily basis. Arrests are recorded in a police blotter as they occur.
    Details such as name, age, and address of the suspect/person arrested, time
    and place of an incident, name of the officer who responded to the incident, and
    name of the victim/complaining person should be included in a police blotter.

    Federal and state Freedom of Information laws mandate police agencies to keep
    a record of daily activities at the police station. Such records are known as police
    blotters. These records can be inspected by the public. Local newspapers review
    these blotters to print arrests or notable activities.

    The following is an example of a state statute (Pennsylvania) defining the term.

    According to 18 Pa.C.S. 9102, "police blotter" means a a chronological listing


    of arrests, usually documented contemporaneous with the incident, which may
    include, but is not limited to, the name and address of the individual charged and
    the alleged offenses.

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    paid for, which assists in trial preparation and can be used in trial either to contradict (impeach) or refresh
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