Reports

Filing a Report

If the incident you are reporting is an emergency, dial 911 immediately. If you have a non-emergency situation that requires immediate attention, please call our non-emergency line at 574-295-7070.

The Elkhart Police Department offers Online Citizen Reporting for certain incidents that do not require immediate attention. Using this system lets you submit a police report immediately and print a free copy of the report.

Only the following incident types can be reported through the online reporting system:

* Theft offenses (Not involving medications or Firearms). No suspect information.

* Criminal Mischief (Damage to Personal property or vehicles) No suspect information

* Harassment with no suspect information.

* Vandalism with no suspect information.

Please confirm the following to find out if the online incident report is right for you:

* This is not an emergency.

* This incident occurred within the Elkhart city limits.

* There are no known suspects.

* There is not potential evidence to be collected at this time.

If the incident you are trying to report does not conform to the above criteria please contact us at (574) 295-7070.