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A collection of lists of forms maintained by policing organizations. If you have a form name, you have a FOIA request :-)

Rosters of police forms

This repository is a holding area for lists of police forms (known as "forms rosters") in the United States and abroad.

A forms roster is a document that tracks the forms maintained by a police department, sheriff's office or other policing organization. It can be extremely useful for both journalists and citizen activists, as it allows the public to see what information a law-enforcement organization tracks. This, in turn, can facilitate more efficient information requests.

This repository is based on initial work done in the Baltimore Sun newsroom. It has since been expanded with additional form lists.

A request-tracking document is here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IUK3nt7jVCMi2kBKvKA2TcvWk_bpeQeRwz2KKEGBacQ/edit