Mali - Report a Crime or Incident

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Procedure

All members of the public are encouraged to report to the police any crime or incident. If you have been the victim of crime, have witnessed a crime or would simply like to tell police that a crime has been committed, there are several ways to do it by

• Emergency number Dial 17(for police), Dial 15 (for Ambulance) Dial 17 (for fire brigade)
• Contact the nearest police station in person or police officer on patrol.
• Dial the landline for your local police station.
• Post the crime or incident on the police social medial page.

Note: emergency number can be used to report crime anonymously at your request, and your identity will not be disclosed.

Apply In-Person

1. Get all the particulars of the crime incident including: time, nature, whether there is loss of life or property involved, witnesses, and clues that could help the police identify the criminals.
2. Proceed to call the police/ ambulance/fire brigade through their emergency numbers so that they may report at the scene of the crime or incident.
3. If the crime/incident does not require a very urgent attention, you may visit the nearest police station to make the report (record a statement), the officer will then record the accounts of the crime/incident. If your case is very urgent/complicated if may be forwarded to the Head of Officer in Charge of Station for assessment, upon which you will be issued with a reference case number.
4. A crime/incident in which a personal injury has been sustained you will be issued with a medical assessment form, which is issued free of charge at any police station and should be filled by the police who receive the crime report and a medical examiner.
5. If in any case there is loss of property then police will issue an abstract with particulars of the lost property and in the case of a road accident an accident abstract will be issued
6. Police officers will then be dispatched to the site to investigate the situation immediately and write a report findings and then decide whether they should arrest, summon or issue a warrant of arrest to the perpetrator/accused person, the case will then be forwarded to the law court to be settled.
   

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Required Documents

• Any documentation or item relating to the alleged report which can be of beneficial in the investigation process
• Identification document (ID card/valid passport) if requested by the police officer.
  

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministère de la Défense et des Anciens combattants
National Gendarmerie of Mali
Address: Avenue Roume - Rue 562 - BP 246 Bamako Mali
Telephone. (+223) 20230243
Fax: (+223) 20222664
Email:  [email protected]

Police Nationale du Mali
Telephone: +223 20225786
Fax: +223 20224127
Email: [email protected]
Website: Link

Eligibility

Citizens and foreigners residing in Mali.

Fees

No fee associate with the service

Validity

Validity period is until the case/crime is solved.

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Processing Time

Immediately upon reporting the crime or incident the police/ambulance/fire brigade will be dispatch to the site.

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Required Information

• Nature of the offence.
• Time of offence.
• Locality (i.e. plot number, street, H/No or any nearest structure).
• Identity of the suspect or physical description of the suspect.
• Any weapons used.
• Names of witnesses where possible
• Details of Persons Affected the incident/crime (if applicable)
• state a Detailed Recollection of the event (if applicable)
  

Need for the Document

All members of the public are encouraged to report to the police any crime and not take matters on their own hands and also report any incident immediately thus enabling fast dispatch of medical or fire brigade services thus saving property and aiding medical assistance to the wounded in time

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