Vehicle Crimes Section

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Vehicle Tow and Releases

If your vehicle was stolen and has since been recovered and towed, it will need to be released prior to you picking it up. One of our staff will call you as soon as possible to discuss this process, the plan for processing your vehicle for evidence, and the plan for having the vehicle released. As long as you pick up the vehicle within 24 hours of us notifying you that the hold has been released, you will not be responsible for storage fees for any time it spends at the impound lot. Because all tows in Davidson County are performed by private wrecker companies, we are unfortunately unable to waive tow fees. For details on the amount owed on any given vehicle or other questions about how to pick up your vehicle, please contact the Police Vehicle Impound Section. Answers to many common questions and their contact information is available at Police Vehicle Impound Section. The Vehicle Impound Section cannot release a vehicle.

Copies of Reports

The Vehicle Crimes Section cannot release incident or traffic crash reports to the public. All reports must be released by the MNPD Records Division. To obtain a copy of a report for insurance or any other purpose, please contact the MNPD Records Division directly at 615-862-7631.

Hit and Run Vehicles

If your vehicle was involved in a Hit and Run collision, it will need to be released by the MNPD Hit and Run Unit. They can be reached at 615-862-7713. If your vehicle was stolen and involved in a Hit and Run, both the Vehicle Crimes Section and the Hit and Run unit will need to release your vehicle. The Vehicle Crimes Section will call you to plan the release of your vehicle as soon as possible.

Adding Information to Reports

If you need to add information to a report, including serial numbers of firearms or other items or additional property that was stolen, please call MNPD Dispatch at 615-862-8600 and have your incident report number ready. In many cases, an officer can call you and obtain the information over the phone.

Submitting Video Evidence

Video evidence can be emailed to [email protected] Please include your incident report number on any email that contains video evidence so that we know which case it belongs with.

Speaking to an Assigned Detective

Not every case is immediately assigned to a detective. If you have specific questions about your case not answered above, please email [email protected] and either your assigned detective or another Vehicle Crimes detective will reply as soon as possible.

Further Questions

In order to respond to most inquiries, a detective will need to review your case file. When emailing [email protected], please be sure to include the incident report number for your incident and what your specific question or concern is. The incident report number should have been provided to you by the officer that took your report and will start with the current year. It may be something like 23-123456 or 20230123456.

If you don't have the incident number. please provide as much information as possible so we can find your case. Please provide the date, time, location of the event and the license plate or VIN of the involved vehicle. If you are not the victim of an offense, we may be unable to discuss details of the case with you.