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Step 1
Understand what exactly a burglary is. A burglary involves one party entering the place of another person without consent with intent to commit an offense on that place. That could include vandalism, theft or other crimes.
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Step 2
Be observant. The more information you have to give the emergency operator, the better. Be careful in this, though, and don't put yourself to be in harm's way. The information you will want to give is vehicle presence and description, number of offenders, physical description of the offenders, address or location of the house or building, if there are any residents inside and how the area around the building looks. Are there dogs? High fences? Are there street lamps?
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Step 3
Call 9-1-1 or your local emergency agency. Make sure that you share the information you have gathered and observed. If it is safe to do so, stay near the scene to speak with police officers.
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Step 4
Follow up. It is very important to any criminal prosecution that there are witness statements and additional information from the responding person. Fill out an incident or police report with all of the information you can recall about the crime. Do this as soon as possible, either on the scene or at the police station, so you will remember all the details freshly.
