Report Form

Note: Please be sure to include your e-mail address on report forms so that we may update you or get in touch with you for any needed clarifications that could help in problem resolution.

When you use the online report form, your email address does not get transmitted when you click 'send' --we will have no way to contact you unless you provide your information on the form!

Please click here for a printable: Park Watch Report Form

Please click here for an online Web Report Form

When in the park, please be alert to anything unusual.  A serious safety or maintenance concern can be readily solved if the right party knows about it.  Your submitted written report will be forwarded to the appropriate department--including the police if necessary.

If you see or hear suspicious activity in the park, please call the police immediately!  Trust your instincts--you KNOW when something is not right.  Please click the Reporting Tips link on the left hand side of this page for more information about how to call the police and what to expect when you do. 

Please click on one of the reporting forms above to make a report to the Park Watch Captains even if the police were contacted and a report through them was generated.  That way, there will be statistical data available for the Park Watch program.

Sometimes, people err on the side of not reporting because they feel there is nothing the police can do after the fact anyway.  In reality, the police can use every bit of information by watching out for similar issues in other places or down the road.  For instance, the car you reported may have sped off, but if a car with a similar description happens to gain attention somewhere else, your report will serve as an extra alert to police handling the new situation.

Please remember that homelessness is not a crime.  Drinking in our parks is not a crime, although drinking is not allowed in the park parking lots.  Overnight camping and underage drinking are problems, but they are not 'emergencies' or 'crimes in progress' requiring 911 attention. 

Your written report will alert appropriate departments, including the police if necessary, that at a particular time on a particular day you observed a particular event.  Your information helps in planning future strategic patrols, park ranger attention, or police park 'sweeps'. 

By reporting your observations, you have done your part to help make your local park a safe haven for youth and other park users. Mahalo!  Now go on and enjoy the park and the rest of your day knowing that you've done your part to make our parks a safer place for everyone!

Mahalo for your kokua!

     

Photo: Some Kalama Park Action Team volunteers pose on the Kalama Park bridge after a Saturday work day in January 2007