Checking Criminal History in Breese
A useful Breese criminal record search starts by naming the event and its custodian. The Breese Police Department holds reports its officers create. The Clinton County Jail holds booking and present-custody information. The Clinton County Circuit Clerk keeps filed criminal and ordinance cases. Illinois State Police keeps the state repository. A request sent to the wrong office may return nothing even when another office has a related record.
- Confirm whether Breese police, the sheriff, or another agency handled the event.
- Request the existing police report with a narrow date, place, incident number, and record description.
- Call the Clinton County Jail when recent booking or current custody is the real question.
- Search Clinton Judici, then ask the Circuit Clerk for the docket, disposition, or certified file.
- Use ISP’s UCIA channel for reported Illinois convictions, or fingerprint Access and Review for your own fuller transcript.
The county-wide Clinton County criminal history overview explains how those layers differ. A no-result city request does not clear the other layers.
Breese Police FOIA at First Street
The Breese Police Department is at 500 N 1st Street, Breese, Illinois. Its posted nonemergency number is 618-526-7226, and posted office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Police FOIA administration is assigned to Lea Nenninger. Emergency requests still go to 911, not the records process.
The official police page below shows the city’s department and record-access entry point.
That city source is the right starting point for reports written by Breese officers, but it is not a county jail or Circuit Court database.
Breese Police Department Records
Breese police files may include an incident narrative, reported time and place, involved officers, witness or evidence references, and arrest details when an arrest occurred. Release is not automatic in full. The city may redact personal identifiers, victim or minor information, juvenile material, and details protected because an investigation remains active. An involved person may also receive a different version from a general requester.
Ask for an identifiable existing record. The custodian need not answer questions, conduct research, or create a new summary. A precise request says “police incident report” or another known document type and supplies the approximate date, location, and incident number when available. This keeps the search tied to a record the department can locate.
Breese Criminal Record Form Fields
Breese stands out because it publishes both a web request and a downloadable PDF alternative. The Breese Police public-record form collects enough detail to route and price a request without turning the form into a general question box.
| Field group | What the city form requests |
|---|---|
| Requester | Name, contact details, full address, phones, email, and business information |
| Purpose | Commercial-purpose choice and truth or signature certification |
| Record | Detailed description plus a date range that identifies the existing police file |
| Delivery | Scheduled review, hard-copy pickup at City Hall, or email |
| Submission | Fee acceptance, electronic signature, date, CAPTCHA, and submit control |
The captured city form shows that structured workflow.
The form makes online submission convenient. It does not erase the right to send a specific written request by mail, email, fax, or personal delivery under the city’s guidance.
The downloadable alternative asks for the request date, name, address, phone, a description of the Breese record, commercial-purpose status, a fee ceiling, signature, and date. Either format should point to the same identifiable police file. A requester who knows only a broad span can narrow it with the call location and report type instead of asking the city to compile every contact involving a name.
Breese Arrests and Bookings
A Breese arrest creates more than one record. The city police report describes the law-enforcement event. If the person is taken to the Clinton County Jail, the jail creates a booking and custody record. The prosecutor may then file a different charge, reduce a charge, add one, or file nothing. Each record answers a different question.
No official county online booking roster was found in the reviewed sources. For current custody or a very recent booking, call the Clinton County Jail at 618-594-4556. For a broader booking record, first confirm the jail holds it and use the county FOIA route if routine release is unavailable. The fuller Clinton County arrest lookup describes that fallback chain.
Note: An arrest or booking entry is an allegation-stage record, not proof that a Breese charge ended in conviction.
County Dispatch and Breese Reports
The Clinton County Sheriff dispatches police, fire, and emergency medical calls for Breese. Dispatching the call does not always make the sheriff the report custodian. The key fact is which agency authored the report. If a Breese officer responded and created it, start with Breese police. If a sheriff’s deputy handled the event, call the sheriff at 618-594-4555 before making a county FOIA request.
This boundary prevents a common search error. A dispatch log, 911 material, officer narrative, jail booking, and court case may all relate to one event while remaining in separate systems. Write down the agency name shown on paperwork before requesting a Breese criminal record.
Breese also lists Live Scan among police services. That does not establish the scope, appointment terms, or fee for a specific fingerprint transaction. For ISP Access and Review, confirm that the site currently performs the required service and compare it with the state’s licensed-vendor list. ISP charges no processing fee for Access and Review, though a fingerprint provider may charge.
Municipal Court Records in Breese
No standalone Breese municipal court search was located. City ordinance materials show that tickets may use a local payment channel, while contested or unpaid matters proceed through Clinton County Circuit Court. Thus, an absent Breese portal does not mean the judicial record vanished. Search the county index and ask the Circuit Clerk for the official file.
| Court Name | Clinton County Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial Circuit |
|---|---|
| Case Types Heard | Filed criminal, traffic, and municipal-ordinance matters |
| Case Lookup Channel | Clinton Judici, followed by the Circuit Clerk when needed |
| What the Docket Shows | Case number, filed charge, docket events, hearings, disposition, sentence, and assessments as available |
| Copies & Fees | Ask Circuit Clerk Room 220 for plain or certified copies and a current fee quote |
The index encountered a CAPTCHA during research, so unverified search fields and download promises are not listed. A certified clerk document carries more authority than a saved screen.
Breese Ordinance Cases Reach Circuit Court
A local ticket can stay in a city payment channel when resolved there. Once contested or unpaid, the matter can move to the unified Circuit Court. Searchers should keep the ticket or citation because its number, issue date, named agency, and county help the clerk locate the right docket.
Illinois uses terms that can change the meaning of a result. A dismissal ends a charge without a finding of guilt. Supervision is an Illinois outcome that can avoid a judgment of conviction when completed. Nolle prosequi means the prosecutor ended a charge. None of these terms should be casually translated into “convicted.”
The city payment path and county judicial path answer different needs. A payment receipt can document resolution through the city channel, while the Circuit Clerk’s file is the source for a filed case, court order, or certified disposition. Keep both identifiers if a Breese ordinance matter crosses that line.
Where Breese Records Go
Breese police keep the city report, Clinton County keeps a jail booking when one occurs, and the Circuit Clerk opens a court file after a charge is filed. Fingerprintable arrests and reported dispositions may also reach the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification. Timing and identity variations can cause those sources to disagree.
Record flow: Breese Police Department › Clinton County Circuit Court › Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification
A recent incident may exist only at the police level. Later, Judici may show a filed case. A UCIA inquiry is narrower still because it returns reported Illinois conviction information rather than the full city report, booking narrative, or every nonconviction event.
Breese Record Fees and Delivery
For a noncommercial Illinois FOIA request, the first 50 letter-size or legal-size black-and-white pages are free. Additional pages may cost up to 15 cents each, and actual reproduction or media costs may apply. Breese’s PDF includes a fee ceiling, while the web form includes fee acceptance and delivery choices.
Ask for an estimate when the request may be large or need redaction. Electronic delivery can reduce paper volume, while City Hall pickup may suit a hard-copy request. Inspection is another stated option. The city’s current response can clarify any fee before copies are made.
Illinois FOIA generally sets a five-business-day response period for a noncommercial Breese request. A public body may take a written five-business-day extension when a permitted reason applies. That timetable is for the response process, not a promise that every requested page will be released. A denial should state its legal basis and review route. The Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor is the state review channel for a disputed FOIA response.
Fees for a sheriff record, court certification, or ISP product follow their own rules. Do not carry the Breese police page rate into a different office. Ask each custodian for its current quote.
Breese Police Staffing Context
Breese publicly advertised a full-time police opening in May and June 2025. That is a dated staffing event at the agency that creates Breese reports, not evidence of a change in crime or record access. It should not be used to infer either.
The official Breese department notice preserves that limited context.
The notice helps date a department update while leaving current staffing, officeholders, and counter schedules subject to confirmation.
Public Access Rules in Breese
Breese police records are subject to Illinois FOIA, but access is not the same as full disclosure of every line. Exempt or protected details may be withheld or redacted. Court files follow clerk and judicial access rules. State conviction information follows UCIA, while a person reviewing their own fuller ISP transcript uses fingerprint Access and Review.
Key Statutes:
Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140 sets request timing and exemptions for city agency records.
Uniform Conviction Information Act, 20 ILCS 2635 makes ISP-collected conviction information public, not all nonconviction history.
20 ILCS 2630/5.2 controls expungement, sealing, objections, exclusions, and later authorized access.
Sealed, expunged, juvenile, victim, minor, private, and active-investigation material may not appear in an ordinary Breese criminal records response. A no-result search must be read with those limits in mind.