Discovering a Crime
If you observe a crime in progress or discover one that was committed earlier, there are several basic things you can do to assist the Sheriff's Office. If the crime is in progress, please call 911 and provide as much information as possible. Please give the location of the crime, type of crime, victim and suspect information, a suspect description if possible, and a vehicle description if applicable. Try to go to a safe place until deputies arrive. If the crime was committed earlier, do not disturb anything and call the Sheriff's Office. Give the 911 telecommunicator as much information as possible and wait for the officer to arrive.

Reporting the Crime
When the deputy arrives, he or she will need certain information about the crime. They will ask what you observed and if there were other witnesses. He or she will need your name, address and telephone number. Try to remember as many details about the crime as possible and provide this information to the officer.

Reporting Confidential Information of a Crime

Call (919) 560-7151 or

Email us at: CrimeTip@DurhamSheriff.org

All information is confidential and always remains anonymous.