Crime & Safety

Police Taking Tips Via Facebook Page

Keep this in mind, Hopatcong.

Police departments need all the information they can get.

So the has made it easy for you to provide tips, even if you want to remain faceless.

The Hopatcong police department's Facebook page offers a section where users can submit anonymous tips. Just click on the "Submit A Tip" button on the left to get started. Then hit the yellow "submit a tip" button on the center of the following page.

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That will bring you to another page, powered by Citizen Observer, where you can input the subject, location, details and even a photo of the information you want to provide the department.

Don't forget, however, to save your tip ID. You'll need it to review feedback from the department on your tip or to submit an additional information on the tip.

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The department also accepts anonymous tips via text message. Text HOPATCONGPD and your tip to 847411, which also could be read as tip411.


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