reporting crimes
Alerting law enforcement
Reporting crimes is the act of notifying authorities—typically police—about criminal activity.
The phrase appears in discussions of civic duty, witness protection, and barriers to cooperation with law enforcement: Fear of retaliation keeps many from reporting crimes.
It can also refer to journalism covering criminal matters: She built her career reporting crimes for the local paper.
- witnessOne who attests
- eye witnessPerson who saw something
- policeCivil law enforcement
- 911Crisis response number
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
tipline · tip line · anonymous · statement · sworn statement · evidence · suspect · wanted poster · informant · hotline · confession · accusation · victim · complaint · whistleblower · neighborhood watch · testimony · incident
- civic dutiestaxes, jury duty, paying taxes, voting, tax payment
- public dutiesjury duty, voting, paying taxes, military service, census
reporting crimescovering up
Hiding wrongdoing from others
destroying evidence · stonewalling · keeping mum · obstruction of justice · staying quiet
reporting crimesomertà
Criminal vow of silence
aiding and abetting · complicity · conspiracy of silence · code of silence · witness intimidation
reporting crimesturning a blind eye
Intentionally disregarding something obvious
looking the other way · doing nothing · willful ignorance · keeping quiet
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