Kent County 24 Hour Booking

Kent County sits in the middle of Delaware. Dover is the county seat and the state capital. It is home to key state offices, the main State Bureau of Identification site on South Bay Road, and the Kent County Courthouse. To search Kent County 24 Hour Booking records, you can start with State Police Troop 3 in Camden or the Superior Court in Dover. Local police in Dover, Harrington, and Milford also log arrests. Use a state tool for a warrant check or an inmate search.

State Police Troop 3 and Kent County 24 Hour Booking

State Police Troop 3 sits at 3849 S. Dupont Highway, Camden, DE 19934. It is the main DSP site for Kent County. Troop 3 runs patrol, accident investigation, and criminal complaints for areas outside the city lines. The troop also has a Criminal Investigations Unit that takes major cases. A 24-hour communications desk answers calls from Dover, Harrington, Milford, and the rural parts of the county.

See Delaware State Police Troop 3 at dsp.delaware.gov/locations.

The page has the full list of troop addresses and phone numbers. Troop 3 also supports SBI fingerprinting.

The State Bureau of Identification keeps a site in Dover at 600 S. Bay Road. This site takes expungement paperwork and handles special law enforcement fingerprinting that partner sites can't do. Kent County has two IdentoGO locations in Dover for certified history checks. Fees are $72 for a state record and $85 for a state and federal record.

Kent County Superior Court 24 Hour Booking Records

The Superior Court for Kent County sits at the Kent County Courthouse in Dover. It hears felony cases, major prosecutions, and serious misdemeanors. The courthouse has public access terminals. You can pull up a docket or read a non-confidential filing at no cost. Copy fees apply for paper versions. The Register in Chancery for Kent County is at 38 The Green, Ste. 208, Dover, DE 19901. The phone is 302-735-1930.

See the Delaware Superior Court at courts.delaware.gov/superior.

The site has the trial calendar, forms, and rules for access. A case file from a closed matter may require a records form.

Court Connect at courtconnect.courts.delaware.gov is the online case search tool. You can search by person name, business name, or case type. The tool shows docket entries, charge info, case status, and hearing dates. Requests for full case documents may go through the Clerk of the Court. Under Title 11 Section 8513, only the person named in a record (or an authorized agency) can pull a full criminal history.

Kent County Government Contacts

Kent County government runs from the Kent County Administrative Complex at 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901. The Sheriff's Office is led by Hon. Norman Barlow. The office phone is 302-744-2161. Chief Deputy Robert Daddio takes calls at 302-736-2161. The Sheriff does not run a jail in Delaware. The role focuses on court support, civil process, and writs.

See Kent County government at kentcountyde.gov.

The site has links to the Levy Court, Assessment Office, and other services. Property records and deeds tools are also on the site.

The Levy Court is the county's governing body. It can be reached at 302-744-2305. Other Kent County contacts include Assessment (302-744-2401), Code Enforcement (302-744-2452), and Community Development (302-744-2480). The Kent County Emergency Services Building is at 911 Public Safety Boulevard in Dover. Emergency Communications is at 302-735-2200. Emergency Management is at 302-735-3465.

Property records for Kent County are at i2g.uslandrecords.com/DE/Kent2. The site lets you pull up deeds, mortgages, and other recorded items. Property owners can request redaction of personal data under 9 Del. C. §9605(b) or §9627.

Kent County DOC Community Corrections

Kent County Community Corrections runs probation and parole in Dover. Staff supervise offenders who are not in a Level V prison. Services include pre-sentence investigations, drug testing, electronic monitoring, and referrals to treatment. Staff also run home visits and employment checks. The unit reports violations to the Superior Court for action.

View DOC Community Corrections at doc.delaware.gov/bureaus-divisions.

The page shows all DOC bureaus, units, and the contact info for each. Probation and parole is one arm of the full system.

The Central Offender Records Unit in the DOC handles all intake docs, sentence calculation, and release coordination. The unit also handles interstate compact cases when a person transfers supervision in or out of Delaware. The DOC Inmate Locator at doc.delaware.gov/inmate-locator runs on VINELink for custody status lookups and alerts.

Online 24 Hour Booking Tools for Kent County

A few state tools cover Kent County. The Wanted Persons Check at pubsrv.deljis.delaware.gov/WantedPublic lets you search active warrants by last name. The Delaware Sex Offender Registry at sexoffender.dsp.delaware.gov covers Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders living in Kent County. You can filter by city, county, or ZIP code.

The Delaware Statistical Analysis Center has Kent County crime data going back to 2008. The yearly "Crime in Delaware" report has offense counts, arrest stats, and clearance rates. Data is pulled from NIBRS, the state's National Incident-Based Reporting System feed. City police in Dover (302-736-7130) and Harrington, plus Troop 3, are the source agencies.

Dover, the county seat, has a full records process for the city police. The City Clerk's Office handles FOIA for the city at (302) 736-7008. The Dover Police Records Unit takes victim copy requests at (302) 736-7105, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The first victim copy is free. Insurance company requests cost $25 for reports about their insured's property only. No suspect info goes to insurance firms. Fire investigation reports need a subpoena to release.

24 Hour Booking Records and FOIA

The Delaware Freedom of Information Act is in 29 Del. C. §§ 10001 to 10007. You can read the full chapter at delcode.delaware.gov/title29/c100. The law gives agencies 15 business days to reply. The Delaware AG Open Government page has the standard form. Dover has a local FOIA coordinator. For state records, the DSP FOIA desk in Dover sits at 1441 N. DuPont Highway.

Police reports are not treated the same as open records. You have to be the victim on the report (or serve a subpoena) to get a copy. Crash reports from the State Police come by mail. The fee is $25 for a standard crash report. A fatal crash report is $60. Mail your request to the Traffic Operations Section, P.O. Box 430, Dover, DE 19903. Walk-in crash report requests are not accepted. The DSP FOIA coordinator for Kent County requests is Angie von Bank at angie.vonbank@delaware.gov.

Cities in Kent County

Kent County has several cities with their own police departments and records units. Pick one below for local contact info.

Nearby Delaware Counties

Kent County borders both New Castle to the north and Sussex to the south. Cases often cross the line.