by shirleyp » Sat Jan 19, 2008 02:28 am
LAPD is known to be slow with providing accident reports to insurance companies. Sometimes they stamp them Do Not Release. The insurance company says they can't send us a copy if that happens. Not even to the driver or other person involved in the accident. Makes no sense. Why does LAPD do that?!!!
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 04:45 am Post Subject: Still no response
I finally got to speak with a live LAPD person several weeks ago. The Officer said they don't stamp traffic reports Do Not Release, so I guess the insurance employee was wrong. DNR is only for certain crimes, especially when children are involved. But it's been 12 weeks+ and we still don't have a copy of the accident report from our insurance company. (Our own copy won't arrive directly for at least another 30 days, since it was ordered later out of frustration. $23 down the drain.) Guess I get to make yet another phone call tomorrow, especially since we got a letter stating the insurance company had completed its investigation and made its decision. Excuse me? Where's the report?
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 09:55 am Post Subject:
That makes sense that the DNR would be on criminal offenses that are being investigated, it would hinder the investigation if too much information would be leaked out to the public.
I think protecting the young children is the right thing to do also, I know here in pennsylvania, once the crime is tried in court you can access all records via public records online free of charge.
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 08:51 pm Post Subject:
I love Columbus Ohio PD. You can go on line and view and print every crash report and most other reports except those involving minors or domestic violence. They are also posted in less then 3 days of the incident. State Highway Patrol reports can be ordered online with photos and received in about a week.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 02:10 am Post Subject:
Forgot to follow up that I did finally get copies of the accident report after several more weeks went by. The copy from the insurance company had other people's names blacked out. The one from LAPD did not.
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