Online Reporting
Thank you for using our online crime and incident reporting system!
This system may be used to make an online CRIME
REPORT, OFFICER COMPLIMENT
REPORT, or COMMUNITY COMPLAINT
REPORT.
Before you begin your report, please read the following:
If you are reporting an EMERGENCY, or the crime
you want to report is in progress (HAPPENING RIGHT NOW), DO NOT use this form to report it; instead,dial
"9-1-1" on your telephone (This online
system is not monitored continuously).
The following crimes (where there are no known suspects) and incidents
may be reported using this form:
- Auto Burglary - Someone broke into your locked
car and took items from within. If your car was left unlocked,
it is considered a theft.
- Theft - The unlawful taking of the personal
property of another.
- Vandalism - Malicious mischief or damage done
to your property.
- Lost/Stolen Property - Property that is lost
or stolen, with no suspect information i.e. wallets or purses,
bicycles.
- Harassing Phone Calls - Report any harassing
phone calls that have been received.
- Hit and Run Incidents - A Hit and Run is the
result of damage and/or injury from a vehicle that did not stop
after the incident.
You may ONLY report crimes or incidents that have OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO. If the
incident you are reporting occurred in another jurisdiction, please
contact the appropriate police or sheriff's department. It is required
that you have an address or a cross street for a location of occurrence
of the crime or incident you are reporting in the City of East Palo
Alto.
Do not use this form to report:
- Traffic accidents, hit and runs or any other
traffic related accidents. If you exchanged information and left
the scene of an accident and still need a report taken, you must
come in person to the Police Department.
- Burglaries (other than cold auto burglaries).
A burglary is defined as: When a person enters any house, room,
apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable,
outhouse or other building, tent, vessel, floating home, railroad
car, locked or sealed cargo container, inhabited camper when the
doors are locked, aircraft as or mine or any underground portion
thereof, with the intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any
felony. You must call the non-emergency Police Department telephone
number (650) 853-3160 and have an officer respond to take your
report or come to the Police Department to file a report in person.
- Lost or stolen license plates. You must call
the non-emergency Police Department telephone number (650) 853-3160
and have an officer respond to take your report or come to the
Police Department to file a report in person.
- Found Property. You must either call the non-emergency
Police Department telephone number (650) 853-3160 and have an
officer respond to take your report and pickup the property or
bring the property to the Police Department and file a report
in person.
- IF YOU HAVE SUSPECT INFORMATION. You must
call the Police Department at (650) 853-3160, who in turn will
have an officer respond to take your report, or come in person
to the Police Department.
- Stolen Vehicles . You must call the department
at (650) 853-3160, who in turn will have an officer respond to
take your report, or come in person to the Police department and
file a report in person.
- ANY FINANCIAL CRIME: FRAUD, UNAUTHORIZED USE
OF CREDIT CARDS, AND FORGERY: You must call (650)
853-3160 or come to the Police Department to file this type of
report.
- Illegal dumping, inoperable vehicles on private property,
postage of signs, front yard storage and other city ordinance
violations. Call (650) 853-3160 to report these.
Our online reporting system does not have the ability to screen
your reports to make sure they fit into the above criteria. If your
report does not fit the above listed criteria it will be rejected
when it is reviewed by police personnel and you will be notified
by e-mail. This will cause a significant delay in the reporting
of the crime. AFTER COMPLETING YOUR ONLINE REPORT, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REPORT NUMBER VIA E-MAIL WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS. DO NOT
CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REQUEST YOUR REPORT NUMBER AS THIS
WILL JUST CONFUSE THE PROCESS. IF YOU CANNOT WAIT THE 10 DAYS TO
GET THE REPORT NUMBER DO NOT MAKE YOUR REPORT VIA THIS SYSTEM.
If you need help in determining what type of crime you are trying
to report, you may call the Police Department at (650) 853-3160
and they will advise you. If you need to come to the Police Department
or prefer to make a report with a police officer, then you may come
to the Police Department at 141 Demeter Street. The Police Desk
is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 5 P.M. If you are
requesting information on an existing report or need copies, you
will need to call the Records Section at (650) 853-3160.
The East Palo Alto Police Department requires certain information
be completed before an online report can be accepted. This information
is required for the following reasons:
- Should the crime(s) being reported ever reach the stage of prosecution,
the same information is required on all police reports before
the District Attorney can review it. Full information regarding
the victim is mandatory.
- The Police Department is required to report many different crimes,
not only to the State and FBI, but to other institutions an well.
These agencies also require complete identifications for reporting
purposes.
- Should a victim want an "official" copy of the police
report, by law the Police Department must verify their identity
before they can release a copy of the report.
- To help eliminate false reports via the Internet.
As with any police report, the information contained within the
report is considered confidential and can only be released to those
individuals who legally have a "right to know".
IMPORTANT NOTE: Knowingly submitting a false Crime Report
is a misdemeanor under the State Penal Code 148.5 PC (punishable
by 6 months jail, $1,000 fine, or both!).
Please select the report you wish to complete:
ONLINE CRIME REPORT
OFFICER COMPLIMENT
FORM
COMMUNITY COMPLAINT
FORM
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