Thomas Catri
You may be worried about telling someone what happened, but there are good and positive reasons for making a police report. By reporting suspicious activity or a crime, you can increase your personal safety. Help the police charge the person and prevent them from committing it again. Reporting a crime can get you support and create an insurance claim for damaged or stolen property. If you chose to report a crime, there’s more chance that the offender will be caught or brought to justice for what they’ve done.
Call 9-1-1
If you think there is suspicious activity, a crime may be occurring or that the safety of you or your neighbors may be at risk, don’t hesitate to call 9-1-1. You shouldn’t worry about using up police time. Sometimes, people are reluctant to call 9-1-1 about behavior that they feel is suspicious, because they believe their call will be a burden or unnecessarily tie up police resources. In fact, reporting suspicious activity immediately can help police prevent or interrupt a crime. Even if you are unsure as to what is going on, the best thing to do is to let the police investigate. When the police catch someone in the act of breaking into a home or stealing something, for example, it is not unusual that one person is responsible for multiple other crimes in a neighborhood and, once caught, crime and problems will decrease.
Important Phone Numbers
SunBird Roving Patrol: 480-797-8605. SunBird Guardhouse: 480-219-0350. The Chandler Police Department’s non-emergency number of 480-782-4130 should be used to report delayed crimes or crimes that just occurred but have no immediate threat to life or safety, and if you prefer to speak to an officer over the phone or in person.