Frequently Asked Questions

Not necessarily. All calls to our 911 call center are logged, regardless of whether they ended with an arrest.

To find out more information about a particular incident, please contact the Ferndale Police Department at 360-384-3390.

This is part of the City and Ferndale Police Department’s efforts towards better transparency and our commitment to public information. The Police Department also uses this information to spot crime hotspots that can be addressed with additional patrols, speed traps, or road changes.

It may currently be under investigation, or it may be too recent to appear on the map. To find out more information about a particular incident, please contact the Ferndale Police Department at 360-384-3390.

Crime knows no bounds.

We conduct lots of traffic stops. Remember to be safe out there!

An incident logged as suspicious is one where there is no direct evidence that an actual crime occurred, but there was enough there to document that either some sort of crime may have been committed or something suspicious may have occurred. Examples include a missing person report, prowler, welfare, security check, or suspicious vehicle.

Public offenses or general actions or behaviors that are considered a threat to an individual’s sense of personal safety and diminish the quality of life in the area, such as a death investigation, assisting agency, message delivery, overdose, abandoned vehicle, or traffic problem.

Crime map updates are planned to occur on a quarterly basis.

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