Records Unit
617-972-6527
Fax 617-600-1381

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM

Please allow up to 10 days to process records requests.To facilitate obtaining records you may download the Request for Incident Report Form and fax it to 617-600-1381 or you may drop it off at the Administrative window at any time.

The following fees shall apply to obtain any public record in the custody of the Watertown Police Department:
 

For preparing and mailing: 

• motor vehicle accident reports
  $ 5.00 per report, no more than 6 pages. (.50 cents for each additional page)

For preparing and mailing $ 1.00 per page:

• crime reports
• incident reports
• miscellaneous reports
   
  To obtain any public record In-Hand the cost is .50 cents per page

 Be advised that based on your relationship to the reported incident certain information will be redacted from the requested report and identification may be requested.

 ** A page is defined as one side of an eight and one-half inch by eleven inch sheet of paper.

Watertown background check request form.