Police and Law Enforcement Records

Please use the form below when requesting law enforcement data only.  All law enforcement data requests are processed in accordance with departmental policies and MN Data Practices laws under Minnesota State Statutes M.S. §13.04 Subd. 3, M.S. §13.82 and M.S. §13.825. Some Police reports older than seven (7) years may have been disposed of and no longer available per retention guidelines. See Retention Guidelines for an inventory of police records and retention periods.   

Informed Consent: Informed consent is written permission by an individual to allow a government entity to release the individual's private data to another.  If the data you are requesting contains private data about another person, such as Body Worn Camera Video data, you will need to provide the other person's written permission using the Hastings Police Department Informed Consent - Release of Law Enforcement Data form to receive their data.