IF THIS IS AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME IN PROGRESS, PLEASE CALL 911.
Types of Crime Reports That Can Be Filed Online
- Harassing Phone Calls: For example, immediate hang-ups, obscene language, emails, text messages with no known suspects.
- Lost Property: Personal property that was unintentionally left by its true owner. For example, property left behind at an unknown location or left behind with no attempt to retrieve it.
- Vandalism: Any person who maliciously damages, destroys or defaces the property of another person. For example, knocking over a mailbox, spray painting a wall, or throwing a rock through a window.
- Theft: Personal property taken from a publicly accessible location. For example but not limited to, a package is taken from your porch; or, you left your wallet behind in a restaurant/ store.
- Theft from Vehicle: Theft from an unlocked or locked vehicle.
- Evading Motor Vehicle Accident: Damage caused by another vehicle in which the driver should have left information or fled the scene without stopping to provide information.
- Illegal Dumping: Unauthorized dumping in an area not designated for disposal.
Your incident must meet the following criteria:
- The incident is not an emergency.
- The incident occurred within the Town of Groton, NOT on I-95 or it’s associated on/ off ramps.
- You must be at least 18 years old to submit an online report.
- No one was injured as a result of this incident.
- There are no known suspects.
- No firearms or other weapons were involved in the incident.
Once you have submitted your report:
- Once the report has been approved, a GTPD report number will be issued.
- If further investigation of your reported incident is needed, you will be contacted by email or telephone.
- The approval process may take up to three business days.
- Supplemental Reports cannot be filed online. To add any additional information to an already existing case, please make contact with the original case officer, (860)441-6712.
Please note: Filing a false police report is a crime. Anyone filing a false police report may be prosecuted Under C.G.S § 53a-180c, you can be arrested in Connecticut for filing a false report when, knowing the information reported to be false or baseless, you gratuitously report to the police an offense or incident which did not in fact occur.
Warning: Internet IP addresses are captured when submitting this form. Intentionally completing a form with false information can result in a criminal investigation.