Reporting a Crime
When reporting a crime, Police recommend trying to be as detailed as possible when describing a suspect or vehicle. The following tips outline information Police may seek during an investigation:
Describing a Vehicle
- License plate: including numbers, letters, words, colors, state, sticker year
- Type of vehicle: automobile, mini-van, SUV, pickup, motorcycle, etc.
- Color: describe in your own words
- Year and make: Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota, Jeep, etc.
- Style: 2 door, 4 door, 4 x 4, etc.
- Model: F-Series pickup, Camry, Accord, Malibu, Prius, etc.
- Number of occupants: how many people: men, women, children, any animals
- General condition: new, old, any marks, dents, scratches, missing lights, mismatched parts, etc.
- Unusual features
- Direction of travel
Describing a Suspect
- Face: shape of face, hairline, marks, scars, injuries, wrinkles, shape of ears, cheeks, facial hair, neck, Adam's apple
- Hair: color, texture, style
- Sideburns
- Eyebrows
- Eye color
- Shape of nose
- Shape of lips
- Jaw line
- Shape of chin
Description from Head to Foot
- Race
- Sex
- Apparent age (in 5 to 10 year units)
- Height in feet (and 2 inch units)
- Weight/build (in 10 pound units)
- Hair, eye & skin color
- Scars, marks, tattoos
- Clothing (description from head to toe): Coat, jacket, shirt, sweater, blouse, vest, pants, skirt, etc. color, length, material, type, collar, sleeves, legs and condition
- Head coverings
- Eyeglasses
- Shoes, socks
- Unusual features
Crime Reporting Flyer(PDF, 6MB)