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The Mobridge Police Department, in
association with West River Telecom, has implemented the
Mobridge Crime Stoppers Hotline. This hotline has been created
as a means to report criminal activity for those citizens in
the community who wish to remain anonymous.
The Mobridge Crime Stoppers Hotline number,
845-CALL or (605) 845-2255, is designed to be utilized for
NON-EMERGENCY criminal activity reporting only.
FOR AN EMERGENCY,
DIAL 9-1-1.
If you need to speak with a Communications
Officer, please dial (605) 845-5000.
The Mobridge Crime Stoppers Hotline is an
automated answering service. You will not be able to speak
with a live person on the hotline. When calling the Mobridge
Crime Stoppers Hotline, you may hear up to five rings before
you are connected, so please do not hang up.
When leaving information on the Mobridge
Crime Stoppers Hotline, please give as much detailed
information as possible about the criminal activity you are
reporting. This will assist officers in creating a better case
file about the criminal activity you are reporting.
Information you should give, if known, includes: what
the criminal activity is, who the suspects are, when and where
the criminal activity occurred, and any other information that
you think would be helpful to law enforcement.
The Mobridge Crime Stoppers Hotline is
available so that crime tips can be reported anonymously. The
Mobridge Police Department recognizes two levels of anonymity.
The first level being complete anonymity, where a caller does
not reveal any information about him/herself. The second level
being public anonymity, where a caller provides their name and
contact information for the officers working on the case, but
that person's name and other information is not given to any
public sources outside the criminal justice system.
The Mobridge Police Department honors
caller anonymity on calls placed to the Mobridge Crime
Stoppers Hotline, but callers should be aware that information
given anonymously can not always be acted upon by law
enforcement. This is because law requires law enforcement to
have probable cause or reasonable suspicion, depending on
circumstances, in order to act upon a report of criminal
activity. Again, your anonymity will be honored if you chose
to remain completely anonymous, but we encourage callers to
give their contact information to assist officers in meeting
the requirements to act on your information.
The Mobridge Crime Stoppers Hotline is
available to the public twenty-four hours a day and is a
cooperative public service effort between the Mobridge Police
Department and West River Telecom.
The Mobridge Police Department thanks West
River Telecom for sponsoring phone service for the Mobridge
Crime Stoppers Hotline. |
