File an electronic report for harassing phone calls. If the harassing calls fit into one of the three categories below, call 911 and file a report with a police officer.

Obscene phone calls: phone calls of an indecent and/or vulgar nature that tend to disturb or irritate the person receiving the call. These are normally directed toward the individual receiving the call or a specific person.

Bias or hate phone calls: phone calls that are threatening, harassing or annoying in nature. The caller is making the calls because of the receiver's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability or national origin.

Threatening phone calls: phone calls that express danger or harm may come to the receiver of the call and the receiver believes the threat is real.

After receiving a harassing phone call, attempt to trace the origin of the call by using the Customer Originated Trace. To use: hang up the phone and immediately pick the receiver back up and dial *57. You will hear a message indicating whether or not the trace was successful.

If you are not able to trace the call using the above method, but a number is displayed on caller identification, record that phone number along with the date and time.

If you continue to receive harassing phone calls after filing a report, continue to use *57 to attempt to trace the call or recording the number from your caller identification and keep a log of the phone calls noting the above information for each call. Once you have recorded at least three phone calls it’s important to speak to a police officer (call 911) to determine if it is possible to identify the suspect and to file criminal charges for harassing telephone calls.

After completing your report, please contact your phone service provider, as noted on your telephone bill, with the report number you receive at the end of this process. Follow your phone service provider's instructions and keep track of when calls occur and the number they are from (if you have caller ID).

Only information with the red asterisk * are mandatory. If you have an email address please enter it so you can get the status of your report (email addresses are not used for any other purpose).