Some attorneys are surprised to learn I can’t get somebody’s police report without any authorization from them.
We can get our own client’s police reports of course, as long as they sign a release we can provide to the police records clerk. Same goes for other types of protected records, like:
Medical Files
Law Enforcement reports
School records
Drug rehab files
Social Services records
Military files
Employment records
For private records about someone else involved in your client’s legal case you’ll have to subpoena or get a court order for them.
What I can do is help determine whether interesting private records exist, where they’re located, and how to subpoena them.