• How do I search for data?
• How come I do not get information for the days that I selected?
• What is the Archived Reports of Criminal Activity Section
• What is the Burglary Activity Section
• What is the OPD Arrests Section
• What is the Sexual Offenders Section
• What is the Special Comments Section
• What is the Stolen Vehicles and Trailers Section
• When I tried to view an archived criminal activity report it would not display.
• Who do I contact if I would like to make comments or suggestions about the criminal activity report?

Answers:

1. How do I search for data?

When you are on the page that you would like to search for arrests, burglaries, or something else you should see two calendars, a start date and an end date. These calendars should automatically be set up with the default dates of yesterdays date for the start date, and today’s date for the end date calendar.

To change the dates just click on the calendar for the dates you would like to search. (I.E. if you would like to search from November 5, 2003 to November 22, 2003 you would click November 5, 2003 on the start calendar and click November 22, 2003 on the end calendar)

After you have chosen the dates you would like to search for, you would then click on the button to the right of the calendars. (In this example you would click on Get Burglary Activity)

If there is currently data within that time period it will be displayed on screen below the calendars.

 

2. How come I do not get information for the days that I selected?

In some cases you will get the following message:
There is currently no data available for the time periods you specified.

This will happen based on two reasons:  

1. There is actually no data available for the time period you specified. (This is the more common reason for receiving this message).

The reason there is not data available for you to view during the time periods you specified is that it currently has not been entered. At this time we only enter data from Monday until Friday. It is also possible for it to take up to a week for the entries to be available online.

2. The start date comes after the end date. (i.e. start date is 12/05/2003, and the end date is 11/25/03)

To solve this problem reset the start date to come before the end date and, if available, data will be displayed.

 

3. What is the Archived Reports of Criminal Activity Section?

The Odessa Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit publishes a Criminal Activity Report for use by interested citizens.  The report lists recent activity of the police department in the following categories:  special bulletins, sex offender registration updates, aggravated offenses and other incidents of interest, burglaries by street and block number, arrests made by OPD (Odessa Police Department) Officers, and stolen vehicle reports.

 

4. What is the Burglary Activity Section?

The Burglary Activity Section is where you can look up different burglaries that happen throughout the City of Odessa. On this page you will what was burglarized (residence, apartment, vehicle, storage building, or business), where the burglary took place, and on what day it occurred.

5. What is the OPD Arrests Section?

The OPD Arrests Section lists the people who have been arrested by the OPD in Odessa, Texas. This page will list the date of arrest, the name, age, and charge or charges for which the person was jailed.

 

6. What is the Sexual Offenders Section?

Persons convicted of certain sex crimes are required by law to register with their area law enforcement agency. For offenders within the City of Odessa that agency is the Odessa Police Department. When an offender registers a new place of residence or a change in residential address that information is posted here by address. A link is provided below that will take you to the Texas Department of Safety's on-line sex offender information site where you may find the offender's name and photograph.

 

7. What is the Special Comments Section?

Special Comments data is narrative information regarding criminal episodes of note, suspect information, or other time sensitive announcements.

 

8. What is the Stolen Vehicles and Trailers Section

Stolen vehicles and trailers are listed by model, year, color, and tag number if available. Each entry includes a date it was reported stolen along with any other pertinent information that might be available. Remember that vehicles listed may have been recovered and returned to the owner after they were entered. If you see one of the listed vehicles, report its location by the phone to the Odessa Police Department's communications center at (432) 333-3641. Dispatchers there will take appropriate action.

 

9. When I tried to view an archived criminal activity report it would not display.

The reports are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) form.  If you currently do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader click here to download a free copy.

 

10. Who do I contact if I would like to make comments or suggestions about the Criminal Activity Report?

For any questions or comments about any of the Criminal Activity Reports you can e-mail the Crime Prevention Officer, or call the Crime Prevention Unit at (432) 335-4607.