Calls for service information now available

San Diego County Sheriff’s office

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department values our communication with the people we serve. We want to keep you informed.

We recognize concerns regarding the encryption of Sheriff's Department radio communications. This transition complies with a California Department of Justice mandate requiring law enforcement agencies to protect the privacy and identity of any person whose information is being broadcast over public transmissions. They include a person's name, date of birth, driver's license number, social security number, criminal history and other sensitive information verified through a state database.

We evaluated potential options and found a solution to continuously provide information to the public and our media partners while protecting confidential private information.

Our Calls for Service page is now available in the Open Data section of our public website, https://www.sdsheriff.gov/, (under Resources). You can also visit https://callsforservice.sdsheriff.gov.

The Calls for Service page gives the public and the media awareness of law enforcement activity occurring in the communities we serve. It displays incidents being responded to and handled by the Sheriff's Department. The list of active and recently closed calls for service are updated every five minutes. Simply refresh your page to see the updates.

The page displays the event type, approximate location, community, Sheriff's Department service area and event number. You can filter or search any of the information currently displayed by typing keywords into the search function on the page. For example, you can filter calls for service by location.

Event classifications are based on information available to Emergency Services Dispatchers when the calls are received and do not necessarily reflect the final outcomes or dispositions of incidents.

We are committed to fostering positive working relationships with the media and coordinate the release of information to promote safety, transparency and safeguard the public trust.

We utilize multiple platforms to keep you informed:

● 24-Hour Media Line

● Breaking news on Twitter at @SDSheriff Disaster and evacuation information via AlertSanDiego

● Helicopter Announcements News Releases and community events at http://www.sdsheriff.gov

● Community notifications via Nixle Media Relations Office Historical crime information at crimemapping.com

● Crime statistics through the Automated Regional Justice Information System The public and media can track more information we provide through the Open Data section of our public website