Anonymous Tip Lines

HELP FIGHT CRIME IN YOUR COMMUNITY

ANONYMOUS TIP LINES
Crime prevention cannot be achieved by the police alone. Professional law enforcement officers must work hand-in-hand with the public to fight crime and neighborhood disorder throughout our communities. So, we depend heavily on your assistance in reporting crimes to the police. The following tip lines are provided for your use and convenience.

Through computers with Internet capability, SFPD Operations personnel will view all tips received 24/7 and evaluate each one. If the tip is of an emergency nature, personnel will forward it immediately to the Department of Emergency Management for officer dispatch. They will forward all other tips for assignment to the appropriate investigative bureau or district station. Investigative units will have an Internet-capable computer at their disposal and will be able to text back and forth with the tipster based on a randomly assigned ID number that the system, provided by Citizen Observer, Inc., supplies. The ID number is wholly confidential and is maintained in the company's server.

Procedure: Enter either TIP411 or 847411 in the "To" field and the keyword SFPD in the text field, followed by the message. (Complete instructions follow.)

From your computer:

IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, DIAL 9-1-1

IF YOU HAVE A NON-EMERGENCY, DIAL 553-0123