| | A non-injury traffic accident where both parties have exchanged information. Traffic collision online reporting is for documentation purposes only. These reports will not be sent to an Investigator for follow-up. If you are requesting any type of follow-up or further investigation to your case, please contact the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office to file your report.
(Carpinteria, Goleta, Solvang, Buellton ONLY)
| Non-injury accident where information was exchanged. For example, you and another person involved in an accident exchanged information and now your insurance company wants you to file a report. Please have the other parties information available when entering report, this includes any passengers in the vehicle(s).
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| | Complaints about barking dogs, dog bite, loose stock, suspicious or exotic pets that do not require an immediate response.
Do not file an online report for animal emergencies. Call 911 for animal emergencies.
| You see your neighbor's dog chained to a post all day with little food or water and are concerned for their welfare, or, your neighbor's dog barks throughout the night disturbing your peace. Your neighbor's dog bites you, someone else or someone's pet.
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| | Incidents involving the custody/care/control of children.
Do not file an online report for a child you believe is in physical danger OR for child abductions.
| One parent fails to drop off a child at a pre-determined place or time, or otherwise violates the conditions of a child custody court order and the child is not in danger. This report would be for documentation purposes only.
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| | Complaint of an incident involving civil matters.
This is for documentation purposes only. No further investigation would be conducted. | A neighbor building a fence on your property, a breach of contract, your tenant does not pay rent, etc. Your attorney suggests that you make a report to the police to make them aware of something not related to a criminal offense.
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| | Unwanted phone calls of an annoying, harassing or threatening nature.
Excluding threats of imminent harm and violations of restraining orders or domestic violence restraining orders.
| Hang-up calls, obscene language, numerous calls, etc.
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| | Leaving the scene of an accident without providing required license, insurance or vehicle information. Traffic collision online reporting is for documentation purposes only. These reports will not be sent to an Investigator for follow-up. If you are requesting any type of follow-up or further investigation to your case, please contact the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office to file your report.
(Carpinteria, Goleta, Solvang, Santa Ynez, Buellton ONLY)
| Hit and run accident where the driver of a motor vehicle does not stop after being involved in a collision with another vehicle or property. Online reporting is available when there are no injuries, the other vehicle's license plate number is unknown, and the current location of the other vehicle is unknown.
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| | Obtaining someone else's personal identifying information and using it to obtain credit, goods or services.
| Someone obtains a credit card using your SSN or obtains other services, goods using your personal information.
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| | When property is missing or lost. | Property that is missing after leaving it at a restaurant or left on top of your car.
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| | Phone or internet communication where unknown subject(s) attempt to cheat or defraud you by false pretenses.
This only applies to incidents where you did not lose money. If you where defrauded of money, file a theft report. | You receive a telephone call where someone claims to be from a government agency and tells you that owe money and you need to pay or you'll be arrested. The person then tells you to go to a local store and buy a pre-paid card/gift card to pay them over the phone or internet. |
| | Add information to an already existing report. Please make sure you have the report number for the report you originally filed.
| You have additional property that you have discovered missing or information regarding the report you have already filed.
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| | Your property is taken without your permission.
Thefts of firearms, ammunition, vehicles and vehicle license plates cannot be filed online. | Property known to be stolen. |
| | Property stolen from your unlocked car. (Any total amount can be filed online) | When your property is stolen from a vehicle whose doors are unlocked or windows rolled down enough to allow entry without force, or stolen items removed from an open truck or SUV bed. For example, personal possessions are removed from the passenger area and there are no known suspects and/or forced entry to the vehicle. |
| | A wrongful entry on the land(s) of another.
| Someone has been on your property without permission and has left.
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| | Unauthorized use of credit or debit card.
| Unauthorized person makes purchases with your credit or debit card.
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| | You're going on vacation and would like deputies to keep an eye on your house. Give us some information to help keep your home safe.
| What we need: List of the dates you are gone, cars that will be on scene, if there is a house key available, anyone who may be on property like a gardener, a local emergency contact, any lights left on, pets on premise and alarm company information (if any).
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| | Defaces or damages property with graffiti or other material.
| Malicious acts of the following: Knocking down your mailbox, breaking windows, spray painting, writing, drawing on your building, sidewalk, your fence, etc.
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| | Physical damage to any vehicle.(This does not include theft of property from inside the vehicle).
| The act of damaging any vehicle or the contents thereof or break or remove any part of a vehicle without the owner's consent.
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