ABSTRACT
Individuals make contact with the police for many reasons, from the most serious life-or-death situation, to the most mundane everyday circumstance. In this chapter we examine the calls that citizens imagine they might make to the police to report crimes or anti-social behaviour, and the situations in which they could assist the police through the provision of information. These are types of cooperation that may not involve matters of personal concern to those involved. But they are nonetheless of great practical benefit to the police, as well as an active recognition of the propriety of the police remit over matters of crime and disorder.
