Checking Criminal History in Beaverton
Start with the source that made the Beaverton record. Police reports belong with Beaverton Police. The City Clerk handles the city's formal Michigan Freedom of Information Act requests. Gladwin County Jail holds the booking and custody entry, while the 80th District Court records the charge and outcome for city misdemeanors and the first steps in a felony. The 55th Circuit Court takes a Beaverton felony only after bindover.
A sound Beaverton record check follows five Beaverton steps:
- Contact Beaverton Police at 989-435-9111 for the routine incident-report route and current department guidance.
- Use the City of Beaverton FOIA form and send it to the City Clerk by email or at the counter when formal access is needed.
- Search the Gladwin 80th District Court through MiCOURT for filed Beaverton cases, then confirm the result with the court.
- Call Gladwin County Jail at 989-426-7121 for custody facts because Beaverton has no city lockup.
- Use ICHAT for a public statewide name check, not as a replacement for the police report or complete court file.
The county-level Gladwin County criminal records resource adds the Michigan repository and corrections detail. Beaverton readers should keep the local path first.
Request Beaverton Police Records
Beaverton has no online police-record portal or public blotter. Chief Brad Davis can be reached at bdavis@beavertonmi.org, and the Beaverton department's public number is 989-435-9111. When routine release is unavailable or a formal Beaverton request is appropriate, City Clerk Janelle Keen-Burgoyne receives FOIA requests at jkeen@beavertonmi.org and 989-435-3511 extension 3. Beaverton instructs requesters to email its official form to info@beavertonmi.org or deliver it at 128 Saginaw Street.
The official Beaverton website provides the municipal building and contact context shown here:
This Beaverton source is the starting point for reaching the Beaverton department or Beaverton clerk instead of a county office that does not hold the police narrative.
The official Beaverton FOIA PDF was image-based during research, so no unverified field labels should be presented as mandatory. A useful written request still identifies the existing record, date or date range, location, department, and report number when known. State whether inspection, paper copies, or an available electronic format is wanted. Contact the clerk for updated cost. The ordinance-complaint form linked from the Police Department is a separate tool and must not be used or described as a police-record request.
Beaverton Police Department Records
The Beaverton Police Department is located at 130 Saginaw Street, Beaverton, Michigan 48612. Chief Brad Davis leads the department. Its phone is 989-435-9111, and its fax is 989-435-8503. Gladwin Central Dispatch uses 989-426-9284 for nonemergency contact. Beaverton Police remains the custodian of its officer narratives, incident material, and local arrest reports even after a person is booked at the county jail or a charge appears in court.
A Beaverton request should make the record easy to find. Include a Beaverton incident date, location, report number, and a clear description. Ask whether the Beaverton department has a routine-copy process before invoking FOIA. If part of a Beaverton report is protected because it concerns a victim, juvenile, medical detail, or active investigation, ask for the portion that can be separated and released. A Beaverton withholding response should identify the legal ground used.
No verified Beaverton police mobile app was found in official county, Apple, or Google channels. Similarly named apps should not be treated as city tools. The city website and direct department contacts are the reliable routes.
Plan Beaverton Records Around Friday
Beaverton City Hall is open Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It is closed Friday through Sunday. That schedule matters because a Friday trip to the Clerk's counter will fail even though county offices in Gladwin may be open. Emailing the form to info@beavertonmi.org creates a clearer submission route when the counter is closed, but a sender should still keep the sent message and attachment.
If a Beaverton record is needed before the next Beaverton business day, separate urgent status questions from document requests. Call Gladwin County Jail for current Beaverton custody. Contact the 80th District Court for a scheduled Beaverton hearing or court-file question. Use 911 only for an emergency, never to request records. Beaverton Police or the Beaverton clerk can address the city report once open. Different hours do not shift ownership of the Beaverton record to the jail or court.
Before traveling, confirm that the record is ready, ask what identification is needed, and request the current copy estimate. No fixed Beaverton police-report fee or guaranteed release time was confirmed in the official material.
Beaverton Arrests and Bookings
Beaverton has no city jail. County planning confirms that Gladwin County Jail is the only lockup and that both city police departments use it. When Beaverton officers make an arrest requiring detention, the police report remains a city record while the jail creates a new county booking record. The booking can include intake time, booked charge, custody status, bond information, and release or transfer data.
No official county web roster or Beaverton arrest log was located. The Gladwin County Sheriff and Jail page gives the official custody contact. For current Beaverton custody, call Gladwin County Jail at 989-426-7121. For the Beaverton officer's report, call Beaverton Police and use the city FOIA channel where needed. For the Beaverton judicial case, use MiCOURT and the court of record. The three Beaverton records can use different charge language because the arresting officer, prosecutor, and court act at different points.
A person released from jail may still have a pending Beaverton case. A booking charge may later change or never be filed. The Gladwin County arrest lookup explains the county booking and statewide fallback chain without turning Beaverton's local page into a county-wide duplicate.
Beaverton Calls Are Not Convictions
Beaverton publishes rare monthly police activity reports, but each figure must be read by its label. In September 2024 the department reported 145 calls for service, split into 87 criminal and 58 civil calls. It also listed four misdemeanor arrests, three felony arrests, 18 school calls, 32 traffic stops, 12 citations, 20 warnings, four emergency medical assists, and four assists to other agencies.
A Beaverton call for service is a request or event that drew police attention. It is not a court charge. A Beaverton arrest is also not a conviction. A citation, warning, school call, civil call, and agency assist can each produce a Beaverton administrative or police entry without creating a criminal judgment. When the Beaverton outcome matters, search the 80th District Court and request the official file.
July 2024 illustrates another reason to preserve source labels. Beaverton reported 245 total calls, while its published criminal and civil components were 115 and 131, which sum to 246. It also listed nine misdemeanor arrests, three felony arrests, 89 stops, 48 citations, and 41 warnings. Keep that apparent one-call inconsistency visible. Do not silently repair it or convert the monthly activity report into a crime total.
Municipal Court Records in Beaverton
Beaverton has no municipal court. This required anchor must be answered with that fact, not renamed into a county-court heading or filled with a fictitious city docket. Beaverton criminal matters go to the 80th District Court at 401 West Cedar Avenue in Gladwin. City misdemeanors remain there. A felony starts there for arraignment and preliminary proceedings, then continues in the 55th Circuit Court after bindover.
| Court Name | 80th District Court; 55th Circuit Court for felonies after bindover |
|---|---|
| Case Types Heard | Beaverton misdemeanors, felony preliminary stages, and bound-over felony cases at Circuit Court |
| Case Lookup Channel | MiCOURT Case Search, then the Gladwin court of record for the official file |
| What the Docket Shows | Filed charge, case events, hearings, disposition, and sentencing information when public and supplied |
| Copies & Fees | Request a current quote from the relevant clerk; no verified local copy schedule was found |
A Beaverton ordinance complaint submitted to Beaverton is not the same as a criminal case filing. The Beaverton court docket begins when a charge is filed in the county trial court.
Compare Beaverton Record Channels
Email, counter, jail, and court routes each serve a separate Beaverton need. Picking by the desired document saves time and reduces broad requests that may cost more to review.
| Channel | Use it for | Key limit |
|---|---|---|
| Beaverton Police | Routine incident or arrest report inquiry | No public blotter or record portal |
| Beaverton City Clerk | Formal FOIA request for an existing city record | Counter closed Friday through Sunday |
| Gladwin County Jail | Booking and current custody | Does not hold the full city police narrative |
| 80th District Court | Filed misdemeanor and early felony case | Not a Beaverton municipal court |
MiCOURT can help locate the case number. Select the Gladwin 80th District Court and use participant-name or case-number mode. Search filters vary by participating court. The public site can omit protected categories and older material, so the District Court remains the authority for a Beaverton case.
Where Beaverton Records Go
Beaverton Police creates the city incident or arrest report. If detention follows, Gladwin County Jail creates the booking. A prosecutor reviews the allegation and may authorize different charges or none. The 80th District Court creates the first judicial record, and a felony moves to the 55th Circuit Court after bindover. Qualifying agency, prosecutor, and disposition information can then reach the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center.
Record flow: Beaverton Police Department › Gladwin County Courts › Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center
ICHAT shows the public statewide repository slice by name and date of birth for $10. It does not show warrants, suppressed information, a complete Beaverton police narrative, or every court document. The name search is not fingerprint-confirmed. A Michigan resident reviewing their own full state record can use the RI-008 fingerprint-card route with MSP and the stated $30 fee.
Beaverton Police Activity Records
The 2024 state drunk-driving audit lists two Beaverton alcohol-related entries. Like the monthly police reports, that number is a limited activity measure, not a total-crime count. A city record search tied to one event still requires a police report, booking check, or docket. Population context should come from an official census source and should not be mixed with a different reporting year without explanation.
The Census Bureau's Gladwin County QuickFacts is the source captured here:
The county demographic screen offers context but does not identify Beaverton incidents, charges, or outcomes.
For a true Beaverton rate comparison, use a place-level population for the same period and a verified offense table for Beaverton Police. Do not substitute commercial aggregator totals. Monthly calls are best used to understand the kinds of work the department recorded, not to rank people or neighborhoods.
Public Access Rules in Beaverton
The Michigan Freedom of Information Act applies to existing Beaverton city and police records, subject to exemptions and other law. It does not force the city to answer a question, create a new list, or certify that someone has no record. Court files use Michigan Court Rule 8.119 instead of FOIA. The clerk of the court controls access to public judicial records and withholds sealed or nonpublic material.
Key Statutes:
Michigan Freedom of Information Act, MCL 15.231-.246 permits inspection or copies of described public-agency records unless an exemption controls.
MCL 28.243 governs criminal identification reporting and specified nonconviction record treatment.
Michigan Court Rule 8.119 controls inspection of court records and protected court material.
When Beaverton redacts a city record, ask for the cited exemption and any part that can be released. Always confirm a court result with the court of record.
Beaverton History and Public Records
Beaverton began as Grand Forks at the confluence of the Tobacco and Cedar rivers. Settlement reaches back to the 1860s and 1870s, the Ross family founding dates to 1890, village incorporation followed in 1896, and city status came in 1903. The city now calls itself the Plastic Thermoforming Capital of the World. Those facts belong to civic history, not a modern criminal-history search, but they help identify older names and record series in an archive.
"The Survivor," dedicated in 1925 and moved to Ross Lake Park in 1984, is another public milestone. A more recent police-linked project is the state-funded community-policing and violence-prevention pavilion at Ross Lake Park for supervised youth and recreation programs. Neither should be treated as proof of a crime trend. They explain parts of Beaverton's civic and police context.
Federal records sit at a wholly different altitude from Beaverton records. The manifest assigned the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan source shown below:
The federal court screen is a useful boundary marker: it does not hold Beaverton police reports, county bookings, or ordinary 80th District cases.
For historical research, use names, dates, and places to distinguish the person or event, then ask the city, county clerk, or an archive what series survives. A current ICHAT name search is not a full historical archive.