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How to Report

Start with 911 if someone is in danger. Then use the official line for the police service that covers that place. The Windsor News text-a-tip line is a news desk line, not a police dispatch line, and it is not anonymous.

1. If someone is in danger now, call 911. Stay on the line and follow the dispatcher's instructions. Do not use the form or the text line for an emergency.
2. If it is not an emergency, call the official non-emergency number for the service that covers that place, or use that service's official online reporting page, if the type of report is accepted there.
3. You may also text a tip to Windsor News at (226) 774-2258, or use the Send a tip form. Standard message rates apply. Your number is visible to the desk. We cannot promise anonymity.
4. Do not use paused anonymous tip numbers as if they were working in Windsor-Essex. A local anonymous police tip program paused acceptance of new tips on 28 October 2026. See Current Information.

Windsor and Amherstburg

The Windsor Police Service polices the City of Windsor and, since 1 January 2019, the Town of Amherstburg.

• Emergency: 911
• Non-emergency attendance: 519-258-6111
• General inquiries: 519-255-6700, info@windsorpolice.ca
• Amherstburg Detachment office: 519-736-8559, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, closed weekends and holidays. After hours, use 519-258-6111.
• Online reporting, Windsor or Amherstburg only: windsorpolice.ca/services/reporting/online. Not for crimes in progress. Anonymous reports are not accepted online.

Source: windsorpolice.ca/contactus, retrieved on 10 November 2026.

LaSalle

• Emergency: 911
• Non-emergency: 519-969-5210
• Online reporting: forms.lasalle.ca/LaSalle-Police-Service/Online-Reporting

Source: LaSalle Police Service official pages, including the town police news page, retrieved 10 November 2026. Older municipal pages still list paused anonymous tip numbers. Do not use those.

Essex County communities policed by the OPP

Essex, Kingsville, Tecumseh, Lakeshore (including Belle River), Leamington and Pelee are policed by the Ontario Provincial Police.

• Emergency: 911
• OPP non-emergency: 1-888-310-1122, TTY 1-888-310-1133
• Online reporting, limited occurrence types: opp.ca/reporting. Official guidance says not to use it if there is an identifiable suspect, an injury, a weapon, a break-in, or similar limits listed on that page.

Belle River is a community in the Town of Lakeshore. It is not a separate municipality. The Essex County OPP polices Belle River and the rest of Lakeshore. If you need police there, call 911 in an emergency, or the OPP non-emergency line 1-888-310-1122.

Source: opp.ca contact page (non-emergency 1-888-310-1122) and the County of Essex official policing page, retrieved 10 November 2026.

What this desk will keep private, and what it cannot promise

We will not publish your name, phone number, or the contents of a tip as a news story without a separate conversation and your agreement, except where the law requires us to disclose information. We are a news desk, not a police anonymity program. A text to (226) 774-2258 shows your number. An email shows your address. We cannot guarantee anonymity if a court or other lawful order requires disclosure. If you need an anonymous police tip path, use only a program that is officially accepting tips. The local anonymous program is paused as of this preview.