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Copies of Public
Records will be released by designated personnel Monday through
Thursday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am –
11:00 am, excluding holidays recognized by the University
of North Carolina at Wilmington. Requests for *Public Records
must be made in writing by submitting a completed “Public
Record Request”form or comparable written request. Generally,
copies of public records will be provided at no cost. N.C.G.S.
132-6.2(b) allows for charges to fill extraordinary requests.
The requests will be processed as promptly as possible.
Click
here for our Record Request Form
*For purposes of UNCW Police
Department policy, the term Public Records includes those
items defined as Public Records in N.C.G.S. 132-1, as amended.
Likewise, the term Police Record is defined as Criminal Investigations;
intelligence information records as defined in N.C.G.S. 132-1.4,
as amended. Due to State and Federal regulations governing
the dissemination of Police Records, criminal history information
and education records, several types of inquiries are considered
protected from disclosure and may require a waiver to release.
A record of who receives the information and why it is needed
will be maintained. Some examples of valid purposes are:
in-progress criminal investigation
preparation for court proceedings
preparation for seeking indictments or search
warrants
criminal justice pre-employment check
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