150 N. Los Angeles Street, Room 210
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-485-2603
Records and Identification (R&I) Division is a critical 24-hour, seven-day a week support function of the Department, providing records and information management systems and state-of-the-art identification services and technologies. The R&I Division coordinates the Department’s records retention program and is responsible for compiling, maintaining, and disseminating copies of Department records concerning crimes, arrests, pawned articles, traffic, property, firearms, securities, vehicles, boats and missing persons to law enforcement agencies, authorized outside agencies and citizens. The Division is also responsible for positively identifying all arrestees and monitoring the Los Angeles Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
For most public services the Division is open Monday – Friday, excluding weekends and holidays, between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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