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RHPD Partners with DocView for Accident Report Dissemination

The Richmond Heights Police Department is introducing a new online service for retrieval of traffic crash reports. We have partnered with Docview LLC to reduce the time spent processing requests for crash reports each day. Insurance companies and law firms representing citizens involved in accidents can now purchase the crash reports online for the people they represent. Doing so will help them get the report much faster and will save the police department time and money.

It is our desire to provide a level of expediency to anyone wishing to view and print police reports in the convenience of their home or business. The Richmond Heights Police Records Division files nearly 800 traffic crash reports yearly.

DocView charges a small convenience fee for this service, which is added to the normal cost of the crash report. Citizens who do not wish to pay the convenience fee can still come to the police station and pay the normal report fee if they wish.

To retrieve a Richmond Heights accident report, click HERE.

New Online Forms Available

As a convenience to our residents, we have added the following online forms to our website:

  • New Resident/Business Form
    • Information provided will be entered into East Central Dispatch Center’s (ECDC) Computer Aided Dispatch system (CAD).  If the police or fire department are needed at your residence or business, the dispatcher will have quick access to your contact information.
  • Vacation Form
    • Use this form to let us know if your house will be vacant.  We will periodically monitor it.
  • Streetlight Outage Form
    • Notice an issue with a public area streetlight?  Let us know so that we may address the problem.

These new forms are located under the “Online Forms” menu at the top of the page.

2011 Year End Accident Statistics

In 2011, the Richmond Heights Police Department responded to 777 traffic Accidents.  Of these 777 accidents, 151 involved one or more individuals sustaining injuries.  The following graph represents the monthly accident count.

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RHPD Now using Nixle for Neighborhood Alerts

The Richmond Heights Police Department is now using the Nixle system for alert notifications.  This system will not only allow you to subscribe to alerts and advisory notifications from RHPD, but from other surrounding public safety entities as well.  If you wish to sign up for alerts, you may use the form at the bottom of the  Neighborhood Alerts page.


Please note:  Unfortunately, during the transition from our old web hosting company to our new web hosting company, the database which held the previous “Crime Alert” subscribers was lost.  If you were signed up under the old system, please take a few seconds to sign up again.  We apologize for this inconvenience.