Record Requests

The following procedures are available to individuals, insurance companies, law firms, etc... seeking access to records held by the Lethbridge Police Service (LPS). 

• Police Information Checks - used for employment, volunteer and educational opportunities, licensing requirements and any other relevant purposes, a detailed search is conducted and disclosed in the interest of public safety. 
  
  
• Routine Requests for Information - used to access witness statements, multi-media files (audio, video, photobooks) certificates of analysis, and police reports from property offence incidents (motor vehicle collisions, thefts, property damage, break and enters...).  
  
  
• Record Suspensions (previously known as pardons) - if applying for a record suspension from the Parole Board of Canada, you will need a local Police Record Check from every police jurisdiction you have reside in for the last five (5) years. 
  
  
• Destruction of Fingerprints and Photographs - if eligible, you can request that identification documents relating to your criminal record history (fingerprints, photographs...) be reviewed for destruction.
  
  
• Right of Access Request -  a formal method for requesting records held by the LPS when information is not available through other request procedures, in keeping with Alberta's Access to Information Act (ATIA).
  
  
• Correction of Personal Information - if you believe there is an error or omission in a record containing your personal information held by LPS, you may request that the LPS correct the information in keeping with Alberta's Protection of Privacy Act (POPA).