| Incident Type |
Definition |
Examples |
| Identity Theft |
Obtaining someone else’s personal identifying information and using it to obtain credit, goods or services. |
While you were in selected jurisdiction, someone has stolen your information like a credit card number or Social Security Number and uses that information without your authorization. A Township resident may report any identity theft here, no matter where the theft occurred. |
| Theft of a bicycle |
Theft of a bicycle of any value |
Bicycle stolen from lawn, outside of a store or other area that was not separately secured. |
| Theft |
Your property is taken without your permission |
Property known to be stolen and missing may be recovered property and is not a theft. |
| Harassment (except domestic violence, threats with a weapon or bomb threats) |
A person who engages in alarming conduct or repeatedly committing acts with the purpose of causing alarm or seriously annoying another person |
Harassing phone calls, personal threats, continuous harassment that affects one’s way of life. (Not involving domestic violence related issues, threats with a weapon or bomb threats.) |
| Criminal Mischief |
The act of changing, modifying or defacing public or private property |
Graffiti, knocking over mailbox, throwing rock through a window, vandalism, etc. |
| Lost property (except lost firearms or other weapon) |
When property is missing or lost. |
Property that is missing, i.e: Leaving an identifiable item in a restaurant. |
| Follow up report |
For submitting additional information for an incident |
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| Reports for insurance purposes |
When a report is only needed for insurance claims |
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| Fraud, embezzlement or bad checks |
Fraud is using deception to gain a financial or personal gain. Embezzlement is stealing or misappropriating money from another. Bad Checks is passing a check that one knows will not be honored due to lack of funds or forged signature |
Examples include using false information to receive an item and may occur on e-commerce or other online websites or forging signatures, changing amounts or knowingly issue a check that the account holder knows does not have enough money to cover the amount. |
| Credit Card Theft |
Using another person’s credit card without their authorization. |
Taking another person’s credit card or using their credit card to make purchases that they are not authorized to do. May occur on on-line websites. |
| Shoplifting (when the victim has no knowledge what was actually stolen or the suspect is unknown and there is no vehicle information) |
The act of knowingly taking goods from an establishment in which they are displayed for sale, without paying for them. |
Concealing a store item on one’s person, in pockets, under clothes, or in a bag, and leaving the store without paying. |
| Simple Assault (only when the victim knows the offender. Does not include domestic violence) |
The striking or hitting another person and causing minor injuries such as complaint of pain, bruising, etc. |
Hitting another with an open hand, closed fist or body part during a dispute. This does not include domestic violence incidents or occurring during a theft. |