Police Records
A minority of children
who were accommodated in the Residential Child Care facilities mentioned in Signposts may have had contact with the
Police Service before, during or after their time in out-of-home-care. Those people who are interested in trying to
track down records of this contact may find the following information, which
has been adapted from the Department’s guide, “Looking West”, useful.
The State Records Office holds archival records from the Police Department of Western Australia and Local Police Stations of Western Australia. Indexes to these records are available in the Search room of the State Records Office. Please note that many police station records either have not survived or are still held by the individual stations. Further information is also available in the Police Records Collection Guide on our Website: http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/police.html
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Years of operation |
1861 to present day |
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Type of service |
State Archives Collection |
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Format of records |
Microfilm and original paper files |
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Information
in records |
Types of police records held
include Early Police Department records, General Files, Administration Files,
Circular Orders, Photographs, Occurrence books, Correspondence / Letterbooks,
police reports, Charge Books, Police Court Returns, duty books and Police
Journals. Information contained in
police records is wide and varied. |
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Access |
Police records generally have a restricted access period of 50 years. Permission to access these records may need to be obtained from the Police Department. For assistance with accessing restricted records please consult with the staff of the State Records Office. |
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Location
of records |
State Records Office of Ground Floor, Telephone: (08) 9427
3360 Facsimile: (08) 9427
3368 Email: sro@sro.wa.gov.au Opening Hours: |
