ALLOW 10 BUSINESS DAYS FOR YOUR REQUEST TO BE COMPLETED, LONGER UNDER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ORIGINATING PAYMENT IS DUE AT TIME OF REQUEST. PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE WITH EXACT CHANGE AT THE POLICE STATION, OR BY MAILING A CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO "TOWN OF COLCHESTER" TO:
835 Blakely Rd., Colchester, VT 05446
SEE BELOW FOR NOTICE OF ASSOCIATED FEES AND PRICING.
Name: First, M, Last
Make sure to also mark below and calculate originating fee, due immediately at time of request.
Identification may be required when receiving the requested records.
Important Notes on Requesting Records from the Colchester Police Department:
Law enforcement investigative police reports are exempted from the Vermont Public Records Law. However, the Colchester Police Department may release their investigative police reports to the public on a case-by-case basis and may be released only through the Chief of Police or their designee per 1 VSA 317(c)(5).
Investigated motor vehicle crash report requests will be referred to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles.
NOTICE OF ASSOCIATED FEES for providing copies of a public record,
with originating fee due at time of request/before it will be processed:
Pursuant to 1 V.S.A. 316 (2)(e) the following fees are established as the actual cost of providing a copy of a public record:
1. For staff time involved in physically duplicating a record (beyond first 30 minutes):
FY25
FY26
FY27
FY28
FY29
FY30
FY31
Staff time/minute
$ 1.17
$ 1.19
$ 1.23
$ 1.27
$ 1.30
$ 1.34
$ 1.38
2. For photocopies or other media formats (please mark which items you are requesting and estimate the originating total, due at time of request/before it will be processed):
Law enforcement incident reports
$ 5.00
$ 5.15
$ 5.30
$ 5.46
$ 5.63
$ 5.80
$ 5.97
Extensive/detailed case search (deposit)
$ 25.00
$ 25.75
$ 26.52
$ 27.32
$ 28.14
$ 28.98
$ 29.85
Photographs per request
Video per request
$ 45.00
$ 46.35
$ 47.74
$ 49.17
$ 50.65
$ 52.17
$ 53.73
Audio per request
DVD per request (department-provided disk)
Letter for ongoing investigation records denial
$ 10.00
Copies (per page, for extensive/detailed searches)
B&W single
$ 0.19
$ 0.20
$ 0.21
$ 0.22
$ 0.23
B&W double
$ 0.28
$ 0.29
$ 0.30
$ 0.31
$ 0.32
$ 0.33
Color
$ 1.13
$ 1.16
$ 1.20
$ 1.31
$ 1.35
Note of fee structure above: If the incident is still being investigated and a report cannot be released (i.e. fraud, vandalism, theft, stolen vehicle cases), a letter will be written and provided, stating such, for a fee of $10.00.
For all other formats not listed above, the Secretary of State’s Universal Fee schedule or the cost of reproduction for non-standard formats, as amended from time to time, or actual cost, if the copies are made by a contracted vendor, will be utilized.
PLEASE SIGN BELOW to acknowledge your public records request and to indicate you have read and understand the fees associated with providing copies of a public record.
(This section is only necessary if you are requesting copies be made instead having of an opportunity to inspect the record. A final estimate of the cost will be provided prior to copying if different than the “originating fee,” and you will have the opportunity to agree or not to obtain a copy of the record.)
By checking the "I agree" box below, you agree and acknowledge that 1) your request will not be signed in the sense of a traditional paper document, 2) by signing in this alternate manner, you authorize your electronic signature to be valid and binding upon you to the same force and effect as a handwritten signature, and 3) you may still be required to provide a traditional signature at a later date.
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