Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR)

Calls for service of police service, category

Calls for service refers to calls received by police services that were citizen-generated or officer initiated and required the tasking of police resources (for example, a call to a 9-1-1 emergency line that resulted in the dispatch of an officer).

Police service refers to an establishment primarily engaged in maintaining law and order by means of operating police forces and services.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Calls for service