Chula Vista Police Department Incident Reporting

Definition of Terms
  • Incident No. – Unique number generated when a call is made to Dispatch.
  • Date – Date and time the Call For Service (CFS) was created.
  • Description – General description of the call type. Some call types are protected for confidentiality reasons (i.e. sex crimes, domestic violence, and medical calls).
    These will be labeled [Protected Call Type].
  • Priority – Call priorities range from Urgent to non-emergency.
    • Priority 1 - Life Threatening
    • Priority 2 - Potential Threat to Life
    • Priority 3 - No Threat to Life
    • Priority 4 - Non-Urgent
    • Priority 5 - Minor Requests and Officer Initiated Activity
  • Disposition – End result of the Call For Service.
  • Call Source – Indicates if the call was made by a citizen (by calling 911 or the
    non-emergency line) or an officer who identifies an unusual activity.
  • Zip Code – Zip Code where the incident took place.
  • Block Location – Nearest block address where the incident took place. Actual
    addresses are not made available to the public to protect privacy.
  • Case No. – Number assigned to the report if an officer files one (Not all CFS
    generate a case number).
How to generate a list of calls for service incidents
  1. Call for Service data is limited to 7 years.
  2. Enter a starting and ending date where indicated. The starting date must be lower than the ending date! By default, a 7 day period is pre-entered.
  3. Select the incident types you would like to view/download. Use the Shift and Ctrl keys to select multiple incident types. By default, all are selected.
  4. Click the View Incidents button.
    Note: A large date range and/or a large number of selected call types may take some time to generate the report.
  5. When the report is visible, click the Download Report button if you would like to save it to an Excel file.
Starting date period (MM/DD/YY):  
Ending date period (MM/DD/YY):