Incidents based on initial police reports taken by officers when responding to calls for service. Data is modified for public use. Address and Location are not exact locations of incidents and have been rounded to nearest hundred block. Lat/Long are approximations only based on rounded hundred block. Incidents reported in this dataset may not correlate with 911 Events datasets and calls for Police service.

The City of Mesa does not disclose information that is inflammatory in nature that impacts our citizens. Crimes reported in this data set have not been adjudicated in a court of law for final determination.

Although sensitive crimes are included, the approximate address are NOT included. Therefore aggregate totals of crimes are accurate, without providing sensitive information. Addresses are not included for: sexual abuse, sexual assault, suicide, incest, molestation of a child or homicide.

Similar information is also provided through the Communitycrimemap.com website, a 3rd party service that visually reviews crime data for Mesa and outlining areas.

Some of the data fields provided are used to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For a listing of data fields and description please see their UCR Program Data Collections page. Alternatively, please see the Bureau of Justice Statistics NIBRS website for a listing of data fields.

Information sourced from Arizona Department of Health of confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code and displayed here to better visualize the data. Direct REST Endpoint URL in Source Link field below.

See full COVID-19 Dashboard at: https://data.mesaaz.gov/stories/s/Mesa-COVID-19-Data-Tracking/5r2f-y2xv/. Information sourced from Arizona Department of Health of confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code and displayed here to better visualize the data. Direct REST Endpoint URL in Source Link field below.

Information sourced from Arizona Department of Health of confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code and displayed here to better visualize the data. Statewide data available at: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php

Confirmed cases of opioid overdose, locations are not actual but instead rounded to approximately 1/3 mile increments. Opioid overdose confirmed by 1) patient or witness verification, 2) Opioid found on scene or 3) positive response to Narcan treatment. For more information on opioid drugs see https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/opioids

Information reported weekly by the Arizona Department of Health of confirmed COVID-19 cases by zip code and displayed here to better visualize the data. Direct REST Endpoint URL in Source Link field below. Statewide data available at https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php.

**Dataset last updated 12/2/2021. We are working through some technical difficulties and hope to restart regular updates soon.**This redacted view dataset removes personally identifiable information (PII) and HIPPA protected information for medical calls from the parent dataset. See also Fire Incidents Only Dispatched dataset that adds back HIPPA protected fields for Medical calls. https://data.mesaaz.gov/Fire-and-Medical/Fire-Incidents-Only-Dispatched-in-City-of-Mesa/kwd4-9mx3.

Information about incidents dispatched by Fire & Medical for service within the City of Mesa. All dispatch and response times are based on calls received and dispatched by Mesa Regional Dispatch Center (MRDC) only. Calls to 911 are routed by a 911 Control Office to a primary public safety answering point (PSAP). The primary PSAP for emergency calls in the City of Mesa is Police 911 dispatch. Fire and Medical calls are transferred to the MRDC, a secondary PSAP for dispatch. Call handling and response times in this dataset do not include primary PSAP receive, handle and transfer times.

Visit https://www.fcc.gov/general/9-1-1-and-e9-1-1-services and http://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/fire-medical/divisions-sections/dispatch-deployment for more information. Also see http://www.mesaaz.gov/residents/police/divisions/communications/how-does-911-work for additional information about using 911.