New Port Richey Police Department

FINGERPRINTING Fingerprinting is available to the public Tuesday mornings from 9:00am to 11:00am and Thursday afternoons from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. There is a $5.00 charge. Please bring the print card provided to you by the agency requiring the prints, along with identification. Remember to not sign the card until you are with the person handling your prints. PUBLIC INFORMATION Media request for information and updates are made through the Public Information Officer. Press releases for incidents are completed by the Shift Supervisor on duty at the time of the event and will be posted on the Police Department website within 24 hours. Press Releases for major incidents will be made available to various media outlets in Pasco County and the Tampa Bay region via "Media Alert". PURCHASING To participate as a registered vendor with the New Port Richey Police, please contact Lieutenant Berry. Vendor registration forms can be downloaded from the City of New Port Richey Website .	INTERNAL AFFAIRS The New Port Richey Police Department recognizes its responsibility to deliver law enforcement services to the citizens of New Port Richey in a professional and courteous manner. If you feel that an officer has acted inappropriately there are two ways to file your complaint. The initial step is to contact the officer's immediate shift supervisor by calling the Communications Center at (727) 841-4550 and requesting to speak to the Shift Supervisor. Keep in mind you may be directed to the officer's or supervisor's voice mail if they are unavailable. The second option is to directly contact Lieutenant Berry at (727) 841-4553, Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm or email at berrym@cityofnewportrichey.org. Citizen complaint forms may also be requested at Records during normal business hours.
	Communications Communications employs 10 dispatchers, all of whom function as calltakers, dispatchers and teletype operators at the same time. Dispatchers are responsible for answering 911 calls and dispatching the appropriate police or fire units to the scene. When you call police or 911 for assistance, especially in an emergency, you may feel dismay at all the questions you are asked. Trust that help is responding, and the dispatcher is trying to gather as much information as possible to help the unit that is responding. The information gathered is relayed to the responder while you are still on the phone, in most instances. Your cooperation in answering to these questions may be the factor that allows the police to apprehend the suspect before they even arrive to your location. The answers you give us may help the fire department decide what type and how many units need to respond, or what route they should take. Suspect and vehicle descriptions and directions of travel could be of utmost importance. Information on weapons, or in the case of an accident, which lanes of traffic are blocked, would be very helpful to fire and police personnel in planning their arrival.
Records Division Records is staffed by two full time clerks. There are also temporary part time AARP personnel to serve as receptionists. Records manages processing and data entry on all police reports, citations, traffic accidents, and arrests. We work closely with the State Attorney's Office, Juvenile Justice, the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and Archives. The public is served from 7:30am to 4:30pm weekdays in order to be accessible to our working customers. When requesting a copy of a police report, please call ahead to be sure the report is available. Copies of police documents are .15 cents per page. All reports are released pursuant to F.S.S. 119 . Please expect a processing time of three business days for copies of basic reports to be available. In the case of traffic crash reports, expect a period of five to seven business days for them to be available. Photo identification is required for copies of some reports. Records can be reached at 727-816-1131.