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Identify the city department first, request the specific existing municipal record with dates and identifiers, and use police/county/court custodians separately when the record is not a city administrative file.
Cambridge city and police records use different routes
City department
Municipal administrative file
Use the Cambridge department that created or maintains the city record.
Police
Police report or law-enforcement record
Use Cambridge Police for police-held material rather than a general city request.
Outside city
Guernsey County or other source
Use county, court, recorder, sheriff or vital-record custodians for non-city products.
Cambridge public-record routing by producing office
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Identify the Cambridge departmentFor Cambridge, determine whether Police produced the material or whether another municipal department created the requested file.2
Describe the existing recordUse the record description, date range and incident, permit or address identifier supported by that office.3
Move outside city government when neededUse Guernsey County, a court or another custodian when the target is not a City of Cambridge file.4
Verify with the same sourceKeep the department and native reference attached to the Cambridge result.A Cambridge police no-result is not a Guernsey County no-result
City of Cambridge and Guernsey County records can concern the same person, property or incident while remaining in separate systems. Custody should therefore be determined before interpreting an empty search.
A Cambridge Police response addresses police-held material; it does not answer for county court, recorder, sheriff or vital records. Other city departments likewise answer only for their municipal files.
Preserve the Cambridge department, record family and incident, permit, address or other native identifier with each result.
Cambridge evidence fields
| Route | Useful locator | Retain |
|---|---|---|
| Police | Incident or report number and date | Police source |
| Other city department | Permit, address or file reference | Department and response |
| Non-city record | County or court identifier | Separate jurisdiction |
Cambridge source changes should be recorded as separate searches
A municipal request can begin with one Cambridge department and later move to Police or a Guernsey County office. Treat each move as a new source step rather than as a continuation of one universal city search.
When the source changes, preserve the original department, the destination office and the incident, permit, address or other identifier used at the new custodian.