Only crimes that have no suspects, are not in progress and do not involve injury can be reported online. Some crimes and incidents may require evidence collection or other investigative procedures requiring an officer's involvement.

• Among others, online reporting is NOT appropriate for the following crimes or incidents:
   
  • Incidents occurring within past 30 minutes
  • Violent crimes, completed or attempted
  • Sex crimes
  • Theft or loss of a firearm
  • Theft or loss of prescription drugs or other controlled substances.
  • Stolen vehicles, completed or attempted
  • Stolen license plate
  • Burglary of your home or business (completed or attempted)
  • Crimes committed due to race, religion, ethnic or national origin, disability and/or sexual orientation
  • Aggressive driving
  • Traffic collisions
  • Check fraud
  • Noise complaints
  • Civil disputes

Normally, you will receive a response from the CORP reviewer within five business days. In the meantime you will be given a temporary transaction number to  document your submission. 

Please note that this temporary number is NOT your police  report number. Once your report has been reviewed and approved, your report number will be issued to you by email.

If you have already filed a report and realize you need the report  approved quicker than 5 days - you can do that by calling the non-emergency number 206-625-5011 and asking to file the report with the Communications Section.

Be sure to tell them you have already filed the same report through  the online reporting system, and give them the temporary transaction  number you were provided when you filed the report online so they may include it in the narrative of your report.