How To Find Police Records Online & Conduct Criminal Background Checks

Are you concerned about a neighbor, co-worker, or even a family relative? Want to locate a list of officers convicted? Criminal background checks and police reports are now easily available online. While we'd like to think that are families in safe hands at all times, the truth is, criminals are everywhere, sex offenders run rampant, and you can never be too sure when it comes to your safety or the care of your family!

Police reports and criminal records checks aren't always perfect, but they can provide some peace of mind.

Years ago, the only way to look up arrest records or a police report, criminal court records, or perform a background check was through a complicated process that involved expensive fees or driving to a courthouse. Today, you can access police records and even sex offender records online...so you can know exactly WHO lives at that address, if your teenager's friend has been arrested, or if the cars you are interested in have ever been involved in a crime.

While there are literally hundreds of local, state, and county resources that allow you to check out such things as criminal records, sex offender alerts, arrest warrants, local incident reports, and even license plate data...in order to do the most thorough search, we'd advise you look to one of the dozens of certified companies who specialize in providing services for police records and background checks.

Because they have specialized access to criminal data, you have a much better chance of finding out information on state criminal records and federal felony charges and arrests.

Here are a list of places you can go right now online to check out police records or lookup an arrest report or perform criminal background checks:

Instant Background Report - Services include police records, background checks, criminal records checks, and access to comprehesive public records online.

Abika - Huge company that specializes in police records, background checks, and state by state criminal background check data

Complete Investigation Services (CIS) - Uses multiple data sources and to search public records, criminal records, background data, and police reports online.

U.S. Department of State - This web page has some fantastic information on how to pull your own criminal record. Some travel plans will require you to perform a criminal records search with the FBI to present to the visiting country. All the information you need to perform your own a criminal records check is here. FBI.gov also offers an easy way to request criminal court records and police records.

DMV.org - Provides comprehensive information for vehicle history reports (check the status of a car) as well as background information about who has been charged with a crime in both local and state level directories. They can provide detailed vehicle reports and license plate information.

Intelius - Massive database of public record information...almost all public records can be searched from this site. Very extensive records for criminal background searches. Police records also searched.

Don't overlook your local and state government offices and web sites when looking for sex offender records or any other criminal records search. These may provide you with specialized information like convicted officers, police station records, local assault information, city crimes, and sex offender's located near schools in your town. Some of this information, while not online, may just be a phone call away!

*Please be advised that many public records web sites, background check services, and criminal records search sites have very strict Terms of Use. Know your rights! If you are in any way unsure about the legalities of your police records search, you should consult an attorney for help. They understand the laws regarding what information can be obtained from average people. (We do not offer legal advise...we leave that to the expert at law and the courts!)