This Is Not a Government Office. This privately operated reference site cannot retrieve official records, conduct official checks, correct or remove records, or receive expungement filings. Those services come only from the responsible government office.
Need an Official Record?
Use the following official route for each kind of Philadelphia County record:
- Court files and certified copies: review the criminal court case records route, then contact OJR Criminal at the Stout Center
- Incident and offense reports: contact the Department of Records Public Safety Records Unit at City Hall, Room 170
- Police audio, video, and body-camera records: use the Act 22 process through the PPD Open Records/Right-to-Know Section
- Booking and local custody information: use the Philadelphia Department of Prisons locator or call Prison Information at (215) 685-8394
- Pennsylvania criminal histories: request the proper PATCH or subject-only Access and Review product from Pennsylvania State Police
- Expungement or limited access: file the proper petition with the Philadelphia court that handled the case
OJR Criminal: Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice, 1301 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; (215) 683-7703; OJRCriminal@courts.phila.gov. Public Safety Records Unit: City Hall, Room 170, 1400 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19107; (215) 686-2266; policereports.info@phila.gov; Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. PPD Open Records/Right-to-Know Section: Philadelphia Public Safety Building, 400 N. Broad Street, 4W-72, Philadelphia, PA 19130; (215) 686-3277; police.righttoknow@phila.gov. The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office is at 100 S. Broad Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19110; confirm unit-specific hours on its official page.