by Nicole R11 Ardyce, these are records anyone can request and receive anytime right now. It's the process that I'm proposing to be improved. Lets say you had to make multiple CrimeStop calls on a particular neighbor for something and you wanted the documents of those calls to see how they were handled or just to have them as evidence for a court case, then you go down to the police records office and...wait for a very very long time. If you don't mind being at the DMV to register a vehicle then you won't mind waiting for police records. It's a long waiting process and can be a far drive for many people to request a one page summary. The Maricopa Superior Courts now have it where court documents can be filed online and paid for. Phoenix Police could set up a system very similar for records requests. The records office does redact personal information on police records, but sadly I've seen a few documents where they slipped and didn't redact a person's name.

by Mike N5 That information has always been redacted. The records have also always been public records. I don't think this idea proposes to make information not redacted. Just to streamline the process fro receiving the records that have always been available.