In order to investigate the crimes committed, law enforcement agencies initiate criminal cases. Information about crimes can be obtained in different ways. Most criminal cases are initiated when a crime is reported by a person.
Instructions
Step 1
Crimes, unfortunately, are quite common in our life. No one can guarantee that you will not become a victim or witness to a crime. And if this happens, then you have the right to report the crime to the competent state authority. Responsibility for failure to report a crime is not provided, but conscience and civic duty are obliged to do so.
Step 2
To report a crime, first decide what its nature is: for example, a crime against a person or an economic one. A crime can be reported to any law enforcement agency, since the criminal procedural legislation obliges law enforcement officials to accept statements about any crimes and transfer them to jurisdiction, but this leads to a loss of time. Accordingly, it would be more correct to report a crime to the authority in whose jurisdiction are the initiation of criminal cases of the corresponding category and their investigation. For example, a murder must be reported to the territorial subdivision of the Investigative Committee of Russia, theft - to the local internal affairs body, and drug trafficking - to the local department of the State Drug Control Service.
Step 3
Write a crime statement in which you include your first name, patronymic and last name, address and circumstances of the crime known to you. Samples of writing statements are usually posted on information boards near the duty room.
Step 4
Contact the duty station of the police, drug control, customs or the duty investigator of the Investigative Committee with a written statement. Sign the application and include the date it was written. If you did not have the time or opportunity to write a statement, tell them that you would like to make a verbal report of the crime. Then, under the record in the protocol, tell us what you know about the crime and sign the protocol. Please note that false denunciation is criminalized, and you will be warned about it. Therefore, it is better not to report the crime as a joke.
Step 5
The accepted statement of a crime must be reflected in the book for registering messages about crimes, and you must be given a special notification coupon in confirmation of the acceptance and registration of the application.
