How to Report a Crime or Incident
9-1-1 IN AN EMERGENCY
What you should know before calling the Kittery Police Department?
In order to provide quality service that will ensure the safety of the public as well as the responding police, fire and medical units, dispatchers need to ascertain certain information. These questions are important. They do not delay response time and are critical in assisting the units in the performance of their duties.
The following information is needed for each incident or call for service:
What type of incident are you reporting? (Police, Fire or Medical)
Where did the incident occur?
When did the incident occur?
Who is reporting the incident?
Description of the person(s) involved if applicable.
Description of any vehicles involved if applicable.
Are there any weapons involved?
You may be asked to stay on the phone with the dispatcher. This allows the responding units to receive updated information when enroute to the location of the incident. The dispatcher can speak with you on the phone and relay information to the field units at the same time.
When giving the description of a person, try to provide:
Sex
Race
Age
Height
Weight
Hair and Eye color
Clothing
Facial Hair
Tattoos or other distinguishing characteristics
When giving the description of a vehicle, try to provide:
Color
Year
Make
Model
License Plate
Direction of travel
When to Call the emergency line at 9-1-1:
Police Emergencies
Fires
Medical Emergencies
Crimes in progress or just occurred
Life or death emergencies
When to Call the Non-Emergency line at 207-439-1638:
General information questions
Directions
Burning permit information
Road conditions
Remember by calling the Emergency line for Non-emergency information you could be preventing someone in need from obtaining the proper assistance they require. Emergency lines must be kept available for genuine emergency calls.
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