Access Bunnell Criminal Records

Checking Criminal History in Bunnell

BPD is the first stop for a city police report, but not for every Bunnell criminal record. FCSO books people accepted into the county jail. The Flagler Clerk holds filed misdemeanors, felonies, criminal traffic, and ordinance cases. The official Flagler court portal supports name, case-number, citation, court-type, and date searches.

1. Request a BPD incident or arrest report in person, by phone, fax, or email, using a report number, date, and location when known.
2. Check the FCSO inmate interface for current or recent county custody.
3. Search the Clerk portal after filing and compare the charge, status, event dates, and disposition.
4. Use the nearby Clerk counter or public computers for missing images, archived files, copies, and certifications.
5. Order FDLE’s paid statewide CCH name search, or use fingerprint-based Personal Review for your own record and corrections.

A report, booking, and case docket are related but not interchangeable. The arresting charge may change before filing, and a name match does not establish identity or guilt.

Four Ways to Request Bunnell Police Records

Bunnell Police Department accepts requests in person, by phone, fax, or email at PDRecords@bunnellpd.us. The department is at 2400 Commerce Parkway, Bunnell, FL 32110. Its main number is 386-437-7508, the records number is 386-206-4617, and the fax is 386-437-7448.

Published hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding holidays. The city says most requests are not same-day. A request can identify the kind of report, event date, location, and case number, but no name, address, phone number, written form, or reason is required. That makes the optional city form a convenience rather than a condition of access.

Bunnell Police Department Records

BPD is custodian of the incident and arrest reports its officers create inside Bunnell. Ask separately for an incident report, arrest affidavit, CAD or event log, audio, video, or crash material because each has a different review path. An email request is documented, but emergencies still go to 911 and nonemergency calls go to 386-313-4911.

Records may be emailed. Longer research, materials, storage, shipping, or postage can trigger an advance estimate. Protected victim facts, juvenile material, active investigative details, medical information, and personal identifiers may be redacted. If a portion is withheld, a requester can ask the custodian to identify the applicable exemption.

Bunnell Police and City Fee Rules Differ

Bunnell’s police-specific rule gives the first fifteen minutes of staff time without charge. The general city policy instead gives the first thirty labor minutes and first twenty pages without charge. Those schedules should not be silently blended when asking for a BPD report.

For a police report, lead with the BPD fifteen-minute policy and ask for an estimate. Use the general schedule only when the request is for city administrative records rather than police work.

Bunnell Arrests and Bookings

BPD creates the arrest report, while FCSO creates the booking if the person is taken to Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility. The county profile may show booking number and time, arresting agency, custody status, initial charges, and bond. Those are intake facts, not a conviction.

First appearance and State Attorney review produce later records. The Clerk docket shows what was filed and how each charge ended. If the person no longer appears in county custody, call detention at 386-586-4873, use Florida VINE, or search FDC after a state-prison or supervision transfer. The county arrest lookup page covers the full fallback chain.

Bunnell Monthly Reports Show Workload, Not Guilt

Bunnell publishes unusually detailed monthly and annual police reports. The official June 2024 report recorded 20 arrests, divided into 8 felony and 12 misdemeanor arrests, along with 219 reports, 9 warrants attempted, 4 warrants served, 402 traffic stops, and 12 crashes. Through June, it listed 151 arrests, 948 reports, 96 warrant attempts, 41 warrants served, and 2,373 stops.

These are BPD operational measures. They are not conviction totals and should not be labeled as countywide crime. The report index is useful for understanding city police activity and trends, while the Clerk docket remains the source for the outcome of a specific filed case.

Municipal Court Records in Bunnell

Bunnell has no municipal criminal court. The Kim C. Hammond Justice Center is in Bunnell, so the Flagler Clerk counter is especially close, but it is still a county court channel. County Court handles misdemeanors, criminal traffic, and ordinance matters; Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit, handles felonies.

The Misdemeanor Division is at 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, second floor, with phone 386-313-4474, email misdemeanor@flaglerclerk.com, and published weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Bunnell Police Service Since 1913

The department traces its service to 1913 and first Town Marshal Ernest Walter Johnston, whose office was at the old City Hall on South Church Street. That history gives Bunnell a city policing identity distinct from Palm Coast’s modern sheriff contract.

Today’s record route is also distinct. BPD keeps its police reports, but court and jail functions are countywide. Historical interest may begin with city material, while a modern criminal case proceeds to the Clerk once charges are filed.

Bunnell City Hall and Police Records Stay Distinct

The official Bunnell city website supplies the administrative city channel and helps separate general municipal requests from police records.

The city source points back to Bunnell’s key request distinction: the Police Department applies its fifteen-minute staff-time rule, while general city requests use a different schedule.

This separation is practical as well as financial. A request for a council record, city administrative file, or other municipal document belongs with the city custodian. An incident report written by a BPD officer belongs with police records. A booking belongs with FCSO, and a filed charge belongs with the Flagler Clerk. State the record type at the outset so staff can route the request without merging unlike fee policies or sending the reader to a court system that does not hold the original police narrative.

Where Bunnell Records Go

A Bunnell incident begins in a BPD report. FCSO adds the county booking when a person enters jail. The State Attorney determines the filed charge, and the Clerk opens the case. Fingerprint arrest data capable of state reporting enters FDLE, and court dispositions are later sent back to the state system.

Record flow: Bunnell Police Department › Flagler County Courts › Florida Department of Law Enforcement

Use BPD for the officer’s report, FCSO for custody, and the Clerk for the formal result. FDLE’s statewide CCH search costs $24 plus its stated $1 card-processing fee, but it is name-based. A missing state disposition may require a certified Clerk disposition and FDLE Personal Review.

Bunnell Security Surveys Create a Different Record

BPD offers free confidential security surveys. The city describes the resulting security survey as exempt from Chapter 119. That program is a useful reminder that an agency can create records that are not ordinary public incident reports.

A request for general police material does not override a specific exemption. Readers should identify the precise record they want and let the custodian explain whether it is public, partly redacted, or exempt. The survey program should not be confused with a criminal-history or warrant search.

When Bunnell Records Are Not Same-Day

Bunnell warns that most police requests are not completed on the same day. A delay may reflect record retrieval, exemption review, redaction, or the scope of the request. It does not by itself mean that the record is unavailable.

Provide a narrow date range and case details, ask when an estimate will be ready, and choose email delivery when suitable. For a filed court matter, do not wait on the police report to search the Clerk. The two offices hold different records and can be checked in parallel.

Public Access Rules in Bunnell

BPD police reports and city records fall under Florida’s public-access framework, while Clerk files also follow judicial confidentiality rules. A requester generally does not have to identify themselves or state a reason, but protected information can be redacted and authorized service costs may apply.

Sealing and expunction are separate forms of relief, not automatic effects of dismissal. FDLE issues eligibility certificates and the circuit court decides petitions. For your own record and a mismatch, FDLE Personal Review provides the correction path.