#Suspicious person report windows#
Ě person looking into car or home windows.Someone who knocks on your door and asks for directions or some other information they could easily obtain elsewhere (this is a common ploy by burglars to find out if anyone is home).Ě vehicle cruising the street slowly or repeatedly.
Ě stranger loitering for an extended period of time in your neighborhood with no apparent reason.Ě person seen exhibiting unusual mental or physical behavior (may indicate being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, mental illness or in need of medical attention).Someone forcing entry into a car, home or business.Someone loitering in front of a home where the occupants are absent or seen going into a back or side yard of the home.Suspicious activity can refer to incidents, events, individuals or circumstances that are unusual or out of place. However, when reporting suspicious activity or suspicious persons, please be prepared to describe the “behavior” that is causing you to call the police or alert your neighbors via Nextdoor, not just the description of the person. By reporting these types of suspicious activities citizens can help police make their communities safer and more secure. Countless criminals have been captured and crimes thwarted by alert neighbors who recognized something suspicious and took the time to call it in. It is better to ask yourself what could happen if you didn’t report it. So when should you report? If you detect “Suspicious Activity” in your neighborhood, don’t be embarrassed to report it because you think your suspicions may be unfounded. And while these “hunches” and “gut feelings” sometimes turn out to be correct, as police officers we generally need additional information to act on these suspicions and actually detain someone for questioning. Sometimes it’s just a “hunch” or a “gut feeling” that a person is up to no good. Sometimes you can’t quite put your finger on it. They will ask, “What is he/she doing?” After all, it is the behavior or activity that you should be reporting, rather than just the person.
When these calls come in, our dispatchers will initially ask questions to elicit descriptions of the suspicious behavior. After all, who knows your neighborhood better than you? But the questions have come up, “What should I report?” and what exactly is “Suspicious Activity?” These are difficult questions to answer but we’ll give it our best shot.Īs a police department, we take calls everyday from people reporting “Suspicious Activity” or “Suspicious Person(s)”. We have encouraged you to be an extra set of eyes and ears in your neighborhood when we can’t be there and to report suspicious activity. With the utilization of Nextdoor (along with our other social media platforms) we have asked you to be our partners in crime prevention. The following is a post on the topic that was sent out on February 26th: I want to take this opportunity to remind all of you to report suspicious activity to the police department. It has been brought to the attention of the Walnut Creek Police Department that there has been some discussion among the neighborhood about crime and suspicious activity in your area. Reporting Suspicious Activity Chief Jay Hill
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