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South Hadley Police
Massachusetts Criminal History
The South Hadley Police Department does not provide criminal history information to individuals who are not authorized through the Massachusetts Criminal History Board. The Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Unit of the Criminal History Systems Board (CHSB) provides CORI to Board certified, non-criminal justice agencies such as schools, day care centers, home health aides, youth athletic coaches, and municipal government agencies. Individuals may also obtain a copy of their personal criminal record from the CORI Unit. Excluding law enforcement agency requests, the unit processes and average of 100,000 requests per month.
The CORI Unit also assists in correcting inaccurate criminal records, investigates complaints of improper access to or dissemination of CORI, and provides legal assistance on matters relating to the CORI law to police, prosecutors, judges, and the public.
For additional information please contact the CHSB ’s CORI Unit at (617) 660-4640 or visit their website at www.ma.gov/CHSB
Links to Useful CORI Forms
Any individual may request a copy of his/her own CORI. It is unlawful to request or require a person to provide a copy of his or her own CORI except as authorized by the CHSB, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6, § 172.
This record requires a notary signature and must be mailed along with a business size, self-addressed stamped envelope to the CHSB. Walk-in or FAX service is not available.
An individual may need or want CORI information regarding a third party for various reasons. For example, an attorney may need to access their client's CORI, or a resource advocate may need CORI for community or employment placement purposes. It is unlawful to request or require a person to provide a copy of his criminal offender record information, except as authorized by the CHSB, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6, § 172.
Parents may receive conviction and pending case data on a current or prospective child care provider who has the potential for direct and unmonitored contact with their children, and who are otherwise qualified for the position.
Any individual or organization may request that the CHSB provide a copy of another person's publicly accessible Massachusetts adult conviction record, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6, § 172. For the adult conviction record to be "publicly accessible" the person whose record is requested must have been convicted of a crime punishable by a sentence of five years or more, or have been convicted of any crime and sentenced to any term of imprisonment, and at the time of the request:
 is serving a sentence of probation or incarceration, or is under the custody of the Parole Board; or having been convicted of a misdemeanor, has been released from all custody or supervision not more than one year; or
having been convicted of a felony, has been released from all custody or supervision for not more than two years; or
having been sentenced to the custody of the department of correction, has finally been discharged there from, either having been denied release on parole or having been returned to penal custody for violating parole for not more than three years.
A $30.00 fee per name is charged for all public access requests, regardless of whether or not a record is available and released.
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