Break Your Case Wide Open With a Hidden Gem 💎
No matter the type of investigation, call for service reports or CAD (short for Computer-Aided Dispatch) reports are a powerhouse for getting details you can’t find elsewhere. These records are generally available to the public through the police records division and simple to request, making them an incredibly low risk, high reward investigative task.
Why Request a CAD Report? CAD reports are essentially the digital log of every call for service at a location and what happened from the initial call to police through the incident’s resolution. This information is crucial for reconstructing events, identifying possible new witnesses, and challenging narratives that don’t quite line up. We get them in nearly every case here at AK Investigations.
👉 What’s Inside a CAD Report?
Dispatch call summaries and radio communications
Officer arrival times and patrol numbers
Critical timestamps and location data
Sometimes even the name or names of the folks who called police, their numbers and a summary of the call!
🔥 HOT TIP! Cast a Wider Net with Creative CAD Requests. CAD reports aren’t just limited to a specific incident, they can even be requested for an address of interest, a specific time range, or a radius around an area. Possibly revealing patterns or relationships to help us better understand witness dynamics or even point to new witnesses. Like I said: MAGIC. 🪄
If you’re interested in learning more a the ins and outs of all kinds of police reports, how to get them and how they can help your case, check out our new course on Backgrounds, Records, and Case Research, which is launching soon! We have an entire module in there on the incredible records that exist and how to track them down. 🐾
Go to this link 👉 Backgrounds Investigations Expert! And stay tuned for more updates.