Chicopee Recent Bookings Database
Chicopee recent bookings are processed through the Chicopee Police Department and the Hampden County jail system. The city sits along the Connecticut River in western Massachusetts and handles a steady flow of arrest records each year. You can search for recent bookings in Chicopee by checking the police department's online arrest log, filing a public records request, or searching state court dockets. Booking data from Chicopee arrests is public under Massachusetts law, with some limits set by statute. This page covers each way to look up recent bookings in Chicopee and what kind of information you can expect to find.
Chicopee Booking Overview
Chicopee Arrest Log and Booking Records
The Chicopee Police Department keeps a public arrest log on the city website. This is one of the best ways to find recent bookings in Chicopee. The log goes back to 2015 and gets updated with new entries on a regular basis. Each entry in the arrest log shows the date, time, location of the arrest, the call type, and the disposition. It also lists the name and address of the person who was arrested.
You can view the Chicopee arrest log archive on the Chicopee Police Arrest Log page, which has PDF files sorted by date range going back more than ten years.
The arrest log PDFs contain entries in a dispatch format. A typical entry includes a reference number like "Refer To Arrest: 19CHI-858-AR" along with the person's name, home address, and age. The log covers all types of arrests that the CPD handles. One thing to keep in mind is that domestic violence and 209A arrests are left out of the log entirely. Under M.G.L. c. 41, Section 98F, those arrests can not be part of any arrest or daily log that the department makes public.
The format is simple. Each PDF has a date range at the top and lists calls in order. Not every call is an arrest, so you will see other entries mixed in. Look for lines that say "Refer To Arrest" to find the actual booking records.
Chicopee Daily Police Log
The Chicopee Police Department also puts out a daily log. This is different from the arrest log. The daily log has a wider range of calls, not just arrests. It shows dispatch activity, traffic stops, complaints, and other police work. Arrest entries do appear in the daily log as well, but they are mixed in with everything else. The archive covers 2015 through 2022.
The daily log is available on the Chicopee Police Daily Log page in PDF format, just like the arrest log.
If you are looking for a specific Chicopee booking, the arrest log is the faster option since it filters out non-arrest calls. But the daily log can give you more context about what happened before and after the arrest. Both logs are free to view. You do not need to create an account or pay a fee. The daily log entries also include the location, time, call type, and how the call was handled.
Note: The daily log archive stops at 2022, while the arrest log archive continues through 2026.
Chicopee Booking Records Requests
When the arrest log does not have what you need, you can file a public records request with the Chicopee Police Department. The Chicopee Records Requests page explains the process and has contact details for submitting your request.
Under M.G.L. c. 66, Section 10, any person can ask for public records from a government agency in Massachusetts. The agency has 10 business days to respond. The first four hours of work on your request are free. After that, the cost can go up to $25 per hour, and copies run between $0.05 and $0.25 per page. You can ask for specific booking records, arrest reports, or incident reports by providing a name, date, or case number.
The Chicopee Police Department website at chicopeema.gov/police also lists other online services. You can file a citizen complaint, apply for firearms licensing, pay bills, and submit general requests through the city site. For records tied to recent bookings in Chicopee, the records request form is the formal path to get detailed arrest data that goes past what the logs show.
After a Chicopee Arrest
Once someone gets booked at the Chicopee Police Department, what happens next depends on the charges and bail. People held on bail or held without bail get moved to the Hampden County Correctional Center in Ludlow. The Hampden County Sheriff's Office runs this facility and handles all custody from that point. Women arrested in Chicopee may be held at the Women's Center, which is in Chicopee itself.
The sheriff's office tracks booking numbers, charges, housing assignments, and release dates for everyone in custody. If you need to find someone who was arrested in Chicopee and is now in county lockup, the sheriff's records staff can help. Call the Hampden County Correctional Center to check on an inmate's status. You can also use VINELink to search for inmates in the Hampden County system and set up alerts for when someone gets released.
Arraignments for Chicopee arrests go through the Chicopee District Court. The court handles bail hearings, sets trial dates, and processes plea deals. More serious cases get moved to Hampden Superior Court in Springfield. Both courts fall under the Massachusetts Trial Court system, so their dockets show up in the statewide search tools.
Chicopee Court Docket Search
The Massachusetts Trial Court eAccess system lets you search court dockets tied to Chicopee bookings. Type in a name or case number and the system pulls up filing dates, charges, case status, and docket entries from the Chicopee District Court and other courts in the area. It is free to use.
This tool does not show booking photos or jail status. What it does show is whether someone was charged, what the charges were, and how the case moved through the court. Under M.G.L. c. 66, Section 10, court records are generally public. Some records get sealed by a judge, and juvenile cases are not in the system at all. The state has a guide on how to search court dockets that walks through the steps if you have not used the tool before.
For a broader search that covers criminal history beyond a single arrest, the state runs the iCORI system. A personal check costs $25 and an open access check costs $50. You need a valid state ID. The system covers convictions and arrests across all of Massachusetts, so a Chicopee booking that led to charges will show up once the case is processed. Under 950 CMR 32.00, the state sets rules for who can see CORI data and how it gets shared.
- eAccess court docket search: free, no account needed
- Personal iCORI check: $25 with state ID
- Open access iCORI check: $50
- VINELink inmate search: free, covers Hampden County
- Chicopee arrest log: free PDF downloads back to 2015
Hampden County Recent Bookings
Chicopee is in Hampden County. All jail bookings after a Chicopee arrest go through the Hampden County Sheriff's Office. The county handles inmates from Chicopee, Springfield, Holyoke, Westfield, and other cities and towns in the area. For a full look at booking records, jail contacts, and court resources across the county, see the Hampden County page.
The sheriff's office in Ludlow tracks every booking at the county correctional center. Records requests for people held at the county level go through the sheriff, not the city police. If you need details on someone held after a Chicopee arrest and the CPD arrest log does not have what you are looking for, the county page covers all the contacts and next steps for getting that data from Hampden County.
Nearby Cities in Massachusetts
Springfield is the largest city near Chicopee and sits just to the south in Hampden County. Arrests in Springfield go through the Springfield Police Department and the same Hampden County jail system. If you are looking for recent bookings from an arrest that happened near the Chicopee city line, the Springfield police may have handled it. Both cities share the same county court system and correctional facilities, so searches at the county level can turn up bookings from either place.