Find Haverford Criminal Records

Haverford Criminal History Checks

Begin with the record’s custodian. Contact Haverford Police for an incident report created by its officers. Search District Court 32-2-53 for traffic, non-traffic, and preliminary criminal dockets. Move to the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in Media if the case was held for court. For a broader official Pennsylvania repository response, use Pennsylvania State Police PATCH.

Each source has a different purpose. A Haverford police report describes the reported event and police action. A public docket tracks the filed charge, bail, court dates, and disposition. PATCH compares supplied identifiers with the PSP Central Repository. Comparing these records can resolve timing gaps, but no one source should be treated as a full copy of the others.

1. Ask Haverford Police Staff Services for the police-created record.
2. Submit a clear written request through the township or OOR form when that route applies.
3. Search UJS for District Court 32-2-53 and use a docket number or OTN if known.
4. Check Common Pleas in Media for a case held beyond the preliminary stage.
5. Use PATCH when an official statewide repository response is needed.

Haverford Staff Services Records Unit

The Haverford Police Staff Services division includes the Records Unit and Information Assistant Office. Six civilian personnel support those functions. That named structure makes it easier to route a request: records staff, rather than the district court or county open-records office, handle a Haverford police incident file.

The department is at 1010 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083. Its published number is 610-853-1298, and the general email is policeinfo@havpd.org. In-person business hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call the main line when uncertain which form applies or what details will help staff locate a report.

The department’s official divisions page identifies the local records and information function.

Records at Haverford Police

Haverford Police has an unusually detailed official directive for reports, records, criminal history information, and Uniform Crime Reporting. The directive names Deputy Chief Joseph Hogan as Open Records Officer and gives the department number, 610-853-1298, plus Info@havpd.com for that role. Written requests may use the township form or the standard Office of Open Records form, subject to the separate rule for vehicle-crash records.

A useful request identifies the agency and form, requester name and contact information, mailing address, specific records or date range, preferred access or copies, and signature and date. Mail and hand delivery are accepted. A narrow description with an incident date, location, and number is easier to process than a request for every record about a broad topic.

The Open Records Officer records receipt, calculates the five-business-day deadline under RTKL Section 901, and keeps the request and response through fulfillment or appeal. That paper trail matters. Keep a copy of what was sent and proof of the delivery date.

Haverford’s Five-Day Records Clock

The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law gives an agency five business days to issue its initial response. That response may grant access, deny access with reasons, ask for clarification, or invoke a permitted extension. Haverford’s directive requires staff to calculate the deadline from receipt instead of treating the request as an informal message.

Weekends and agency holidays are not business days. A request sent to the wrong office can also lose time before it reaches the custodian. Address a Haverford police-record request to the department’s Open Records Officer and keep the sent form. If the matter concerns a court docket, use the court instead because judicial records do not follow the township’s ordinary RTKL track.

The current Haverford police report-copy fee was not established in the research. Do not assume the township charges the same amount as a nearby department. Ask records staff for the current cost before requesting copies.

Booking and Arrest Records in Haverford

Haverford does not provide a verified public municipal custody roster. A custodial arrest enters Delaware County central intake and may lead to custody at George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Thornton. The Haverford incident report stays with local police, while District Court 32-2-53 creates the first public court docket.

For a recent event, check the sources in time order: Haverford Police for the incident, District Court 32-2-53 for the complaint and preliminary events, the county facility for current custody, and Common Pleas if the matter advances. The Delaware County arrest search explains the county booking chain in more depth.

No public Haverford blotter URL was verified. Do not use an unofficial people-search or mugshot site as a substitute. A missing online list does not mean a local report or court complaint does not exist.

No Haverford Booking Roster

The absence of a city roster changes the method, not the existence of records. Call the official county facility route for custody status, then search UJS for the case. A person may have been released before a search, transferred, or never lodged for a long stay, so custody and docket results answer different questions.

This fallback is more reliable than assuming one database covers the full path. Police, jail, and courts maintain separate records at separate stages.

The Haverford Municipal Court File

Haverford’s local court is Magisterial District Court 32-2-53, not a city municipal court. It sits at 525 West Chester Pike, Suites 103 and 105, Havertown, PA 19083-4539. The phone is 610-449-5189, and the fax is 610-789-9167. Its jurisdiction covers Haverford and listed Upper Darby precincts.

Use the UJS Case Search and select District Court 32-2-53. The district filter sharply reduces same-name matches. Traffic and non-traffic summary matters can remain at this level. Criminal complaints begin here for preliminary arraignment, bail, and preliminary proceedings. Major cases held for court move to Common Pleas in Media.

Police Reports and Court Dockets

A Haverford police report and a District Court 32-2-53 docket are linked but distinct. Police document the incident, statements, investigative work, and officer action. The court records the complaint, filed charges, bail, scheduled events, and judicial result. Asking the court for the full police report can fail because the court is not its original custodian.

Start with the desired fact. Use police for the local narrative and court for the legal case history. Some material will be withheld by law, including protected investigative details and sensitive identifiers. Public UJS reports also omit sealed, expunged, juvenile, limited-access, and other restricted cases.

If the docket contains a filing error, contact the court shown on the docket. If the police report is wrong, contact Haverford Police. The Pennsylvania State Police individual access-and-review process addresses a person’s own Central Repository record.

How Haverford Records Reach the County

Haverford officers create the incident and arrest record. District Court 32-2-53 receives the complaint and creates the preliminary judicial docket. A case held for court moves to Delaware County Common Pleas in Media, while a custodial defendant may pass through central intake in Thornton. Qualifying arrest and disposition information also flows to the PSP Central Repository.

Record flow: Haverford Police › District Court 32-2-53 › Delaware County Court of Common Pleas › Pennsylvania State Police Central Repository

Recent records can reach each system at different times. UJS itself warns that recent entries may not appear at once. PATCH may return “Under Review” when identifiers require manual review. Neither condition proves a charge or final result, so return to the originating Haverford or court office when the timing matters.

Haverford Forms and Act 22

The ordinary Haverford records form and an Act 22 request serve different kinds of records. The township or OOR form fits ordinary agency records. Law-enforcement audio or video follows Pennsylvania Act 22, which asks for detailed incident information and uses personal delivery or certified mail. Appeals go to Common Pleas rather than the Office of Open Records.

Choosing the correct form at the start protects the response timetable and avoids an unnecessary transfer between Haverford offices.

Haverford Cases Moving to Media

District Court 32-2-53 does not keep every criminal case through its final result. When a matter is held for court, the later docket belongs to Delaware County Common Pleas in Media. A searcher who stops at the MDJ entry may miss the plea, trial result, sentence, or later orders.

Use the MDJ identifiers and cross-court history to find the Common Pleas record. This handoff explains why a Haverford police report, MDJ docket, and county file can concern one event without containing the same fields.

Haverford Record Access Rules

Haverford Police may release public material while withholding criminal investigative records and protected personal information. The RTKL preserves access to police-blotter information even though its criminal-investigation exemption is broad. Court records follow UJS policy. Pennsylvania CHRIA separately controls criminal history record information and gives a person a way to review and challenge their own repository record.

Use the office that made the record: Haverford Police for its report, 32-2-53 for its docket, Common Pleas for the later county file, and PSP for repository information.

Haverford’s published police directive adds a useful audit trail to that routing. Staff record the date a written request arrives, calculate the five-business-day deadline under Section 901, and retain the request and response through fulfillment or appeal. Mail and hand delivery are accepted, and the public counter operates Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A request should name the record, date range, preferred form of access, and requester contact information. Vehicle-crash records follow their statutory channel, while police recordings use Act 22. The research did not establish a current base copy fee, so the records unit at 610-853-1298 remains the proper source for a current amount.