When reporting any incident answer the following questions for yourself and provide this information to the person taking your call:

 

WHO    - Identify yourself to the person your report incident too

WHAT  - Be specific with what is happening or happened

WHERE – Be specific and precise on the location of the incident

WHAT   - What help or assistance is required

WHY    - Why is this help needed

HOW    - Give detail about the incident and how you want it to be handled

 

Identify a suspicious person

 

Some points to look out for determining a person is or act suspicious:

• Same person walks past the same house around five times in a short period of time

• Same person is sitting on the same area for 30 minutes or more

• People are looking into houses without having any reason to.

What does not count as suspicious:

• People walking in the street. They have the right to.

• People taking pictures in the street. It is a public space and is allowed to take pictures.

 

To report a suspicious person

 

First ensure that the person actually do something that is suspicious based on the guidelines.

When reporting, ensure you provide the follow:

• WHY IS THE PERSON SUSPICIOUS?

• The clothes the person is wearing, referring to the guidelines provided under What information to provide when reporting Suspicious activity.

• Exact time you observed the suspicious behaviour

• Exact location you observed the suspicious behaviour