Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

It is the policy of the Office to provide guidance and procedure, some specific and some general, and to give direction and set limits within which employees of the Office shall operate in the performance of their duties. Policy is not designed to formulate a rule for every situation. In all cases, common sense shall prevail. Statements in policy found to be unlawful, incorrect, or inapplicable shall not affect the validity of the remaining content. It shall be the responsibility of all employees to become familiar with the sections of the policy that apply to their respective duties.

Please note, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is providing members of the public access to our policies and procedures as a convenience. While we try to keep our online information timely and accurate, there may be a delay in updating our website after there have been changes.

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Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has partnered with BAIR Analytics to provide public crime mapping to their public through RAIDS Online. RAIDS Online makes it easier for Maricopa County residents to keep track of crime in their area. BAIR offers the public crime mapping service at absolutely no cost to the department or the public as a way to give back to the community. Maricopa County Sheriff is the 5th agency in the Phoenix area to take advantage of the free service. Any city or county in Arizona can provide public crime mapping and anonymous tips to their public through www.raidsonline.com at no cost.

RAIDS Online syncs with the Maricopa County’s crime records system to automatically upload crime information and keep it updated on the map. Maricopa County residents can view crimes near their home, school, work or other area of interest. Citizens who use RAIDS Online to become aware of crime trends can make more informed decisions regarding where they live, shop, play, send their kids to school and other important choices regarding their personal safety.

In addition to a map of crime, RAIDS Online allows citizens to sign up for daily or weekly email reports of recent crime activity. This allows the public to stay informed about crime simply by logging into their email system. The reports list each crime within a certain distance from the user’s address for the past day or week. A sign up from on the RAIDS Online website makes it easy for residents to sign up for reports.

BAIR offers RAIDS Online as a free service to any law enforcement agency who wishes to participate. At present, most agencies spend thousands of dollars annually to provide even the most basic crime map to their community. Maricopa County is providing this service to the public at absolutely no cost to the department.

INFORMATIONAL ONLY - The information displayed in this Site is susceptible to some degree of error due to the collection, entry, and geoprocessing of the data. No warranty, representation, or guarantee whatsoever is made or implied regarding the content, accuracy (including, without limitation, geographic accuracy), timeliness, completeness, or sequence of any of the information contained in this Site. Neither you, nor any other person, should rely on the data provided herein for any reason. The information is provided strictly as a courtesy to the public.

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