Woodstock PD Rolls Out Online Reporting System

Press release from the Woodstock Police Department:

FILE A POLICE REPORT ONLINE:

We encourage all of our residents to use our new Online Reporting System to file a report for
non-emergency and not-in-progress crimes/issues. This simple online system gives you the
ability to submit reports to our department at your convenience and from the comfort of your
own home. During the current times, this option also helps us keep you and our officers safer
from catching or spreading COVID-19.

What to expect after filing an online report:
An officer will contact you within a couple of hours to inform you of what actions WPD will be
taking and what to expect, depending on the circumstances of your reported incident. At this
time you can receive the official WPD Incident Report number.

Online reports that will be accepted are as follows:
• Confidence Game - An unknown person engages you in a ruse to gain money from you.
• Credit Card Fraud - Someone other than yourself used your credit/debit account to purchase
goods or services without your permission.
• Criminal Damage to Property - When an unknown person changes, modifies or destroys
public or private property.
• Criminal Damage to Vehicle - When an unknown person tampers with or damages your
motor vehicle. If your property is stolen from inside your car after it was damaged, you should
make a theft report.
• Criminal Defacement (graffiti) - When an unknown person marks personal or private
property with graffiti with spray paint, etching tool or another writing instrument.
• Criminal Trespass to Vehicle - The entering of an individual's vehicle by an offender where
no other crime has been committed.
• Financial Identity Theft - When an unknown person uses any personal identifying
information/documents to obtain credit, money, goods, services or other property. You should contact your credit cards, the below listed credit bureaus and other appropriate agencies immediately and provide the report number you receive.
• Illegal Use of Cash Card - An unknown person uses your cash card in an ATM.
• Lost Property - When the property is missing or lost.
• Harassment by Telephone or Electronic Means - An unknown person contacts you repeatedly, threatens, or bullies you by telephone, email, social media, etc.
• Retail Theft - When an unknown person steals inventory from a licensed business. Incidents are reported by the business owner or agent for the business. This does not include amounts disputed between the customer and the business.
• Theft - When an unknown person takes your property without permission, including pocket-picking. This does not include someone physically taking something from your person by force, fear, assault, threats or use of a weapon.
• Theft from Building - A theft from within a building that is open to the general public and where the offender has legal access.
• Theft of Labor or Services - The failure to pay for services rendered.
• Provide Supplemental Information: If you have already filed a report with our department, you can provide any supplemental information such as, property lists, paperwork you’ve obtain since the original filing, etc.

To access our Online Reporting System go to either of the below websites:
https://www.woodstockil.gov/po... (Link to our PD’s website)
https://www.frontlinepss.com/w... (Direct Link to file a police report with the WPD)

This press release was produced by Woodstock Police Department. The views expressed here are the author's own.