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File an Incident Report

At the Monterey County Sheriff's Office, we offer a variety of forms to help you report incidents and submit official requests. Each form is designed for a specific type of incident. The sections below contain detailed descriptions and examples to help you choose the correct form.


Anonymous Crime Tip

You have information about a crime and would like to provide it to our department. This information can remain anonymous if you would like. If you do leave contact information, our staff may reach out to clarify vague details. If this is about a crime that is occurring or has just occurred please stop and call 911.

More generally, this form is to report crimes that have already occurred, and are not actively occurring. Again, if a crime is actively occurring, please stop and call 911. For example, submit this form if you want to report overhearing people talking about a crime that they committed several days earlier.

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Fraud or Identity Theft Incident Report

Members of the public can submit a report detailing an incident where their identity was used by another individual and any other victim, witness, and narrative information about the fraud incident. Another person obtains a credit, purchases items or services by using your Personally Identifiable Information (PII), like your social security number, drivers license number, credit card numbers, etc.

Please note, if you are the victim of identity theft or fraud, keep all documents, receipts, cancelled checks, mail correspondence, and any other paperwork or evidence associated to the incident. You may be contacted at a later date by an investigator if these items are needed.

Submit this form if someone opens a credit card account or obtains phone service using your personal information. An alternative scenario would be someone using your credit or debit card to make purchases.

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General Incident Report

If you would like to report a crime that does not fall under a specific category such as fraud, vandalism, littering, or lost/stolen property, please use this General Crime Report form. This form allows you to describe incidents that may not have a designated report type but still require documentation or follow-up by the Sheriff’s Office. All submissions are reviewed by staff and may be referred to a deputy for investigation, depending on the nature of the incident.

Submit this form if you would like to report a hit-and-run, harassment, prank or harassing phone calls, or anything else you don’t see a specific form for on this web page.

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Littering Incident Report

Members of the public can submit a report detailing an incident where and when a littering incident occurred and any other suspect, victim, witness, and narrative information about the incident.

Submit this form if you you witnessed someone littering on public or private property.

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Lost or Stolen Property Incident Report

Members of the public can submit a report detailing an incident where, when, and what property way stolen and any other suspect, victim, witness, and narrative information about the incident. Submit an incident report if property is missing from your business or restaurant, or personal property is missing from your home.

You left your cell phone on the table at a restaurant but when you call the restaurant, they are unable to locate your cell phone. More generally, this is any scenario where someone took your property without your permission.

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Vandalism Incident Report

Members of the public can submit a report detailing an incident where and when a vandalism incident occurred and any other suspect, victim, witness, and narrative information about the incident. Submit this form if someone has modified, damaged, or deface public or private property.

Submit this form if someone knocks over your mailbox, or throws a rock through your window.

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Our Jurisdiction

Incident reports should only be submitted if the crime occurred within the unincorporated areas of Monterey County. Crimes that occurred within jurisdiction of cities should be reported to the respective police agency.

If you’re unsure which jurisdiction an incident occurred in, Monterey County’s Emergency Dispatch offers a service which is useful in determining which agency will have jurisdiction over the incident you’re reporting. Please click here to access the Spark Online Reporting service. Once you’ve entered an address, a pop-up will occur if the reporting service recognizes the location’s police jurisdiction.

 

Submissions

Incident reports can either be submitted online or blank forms can be downloaded, filled out, and submitted in-person or via physical mail to our Central Station. The address of our Central Station is included below.

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831-755-3700
(This office line is a non-emergency line. If you're having an emergency, please stop and dial 9-1-1.) 

Address:
Monterey County Sheriff's Office, Records Division 
1414 Natividad Road
Salinas CA, 93906

Hours:
Monday through Friday, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Holiday Schedule:
Our public services will be closed during any observed county holidays. Please click here to see the list of observed county holidays. For any questions, please call (831) 755-3700.

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