TPD Calls for Service – a 2 month snapshot
TPD handles about half a million calls a year. Tampa Monitor started tracking them to get a glimpse into what those calls are.
During the June 4, 2026 discussion about school zone speed cameras Chief of Staff John Bennett discussed how the Tampa Police Department handles about half a million calls a year and that a lot of those would be complaint driven; a “reactive state.”
Part of Tampa Police Department’s transparency dashboard includes a rolling 7 day list of calls for service. Tampa Monitor started tracking that to get a glimpse at what makes up those half a million calls each year.
Over the two months from June 14 through August 13, Tampa police dispatched 59,364 calls for service — an average of about 973 calls a day, every day. Here is what those calls were, using the department’s own dispatch labels, listed exactly as they appear in the feed.
| Category | Jun 14 | Jun 15 | Jun 16 | Jun 17 | Jun 18 | Jun 19 | Jun 20 | Jun 21 | Jun 22 | Jun 23 | Jun 24 | Jun 25 | Jun 26 | Jun 27 | Jun 28 | Jun 29 | Jun 30 | Jul 1 | Jul 2 | Jul 3 | Jul 4 | Jul 5 | Jul 6 | Jul 7 | Jul 8 | Jul 9 | Jul 10 | Jul 11 | Jul 12 | Jul 13 | Jul 14 | Jul 15 | Jul 16 | Jul 17 | Jul 18 | Jul 19 | Jul 20 | Jul 21 | Jul 22 | Jul 23 | Jul 24 | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | Jul 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 3 | Aug 4 | Aug 5 | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | Aug 8 | Aug 9 | Aug 10 | Aug 11 | Aug 12 | Aug 13 |
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| Calls dispatched | 948 | 908 | 971 | 936 | 1091 | 955 | 1064 | 901 | 888 | 902 | 1041 | 992 | 962 | 988 | 914 | 927 | 939 | 985 | 948 | 965 | 1122 | 957 | 939 | 1026 | 914 | 898 | 1147 | 1078 | 939 | 851 | 949 | 970 | 875 | 895 | 1123 | 954 | 926 | 896 | 960 | 923 | 957 | 978 | 1046 | 970 | 974 | 863 | 874 | 1091 | 1040 | 921 | 981 | 959 | 906 | 905 | 971 | 999 | 976 | 980 | 1074 | 1148 | 1184 |
Every call type, as TPD labels them
These are TPD’s own dispatch descriptions, unedited and ungrouped. The chart shows the twenty most common types — about 91% of all calls — and the full list of all 61 follows in the table.
| Category | Calls |
|---|---|
| VEHICLE STOP/TRAFFIC | 13337 |
| BUILDING CHECK | 7227 |
| INFORMATION | 6762 |
| MISDEMEANOR | 4357 |
| DISTURBANCE | 4277 |
| NATURE UNKNOWN | 3018 |
| TRAFFIC CRASH | 2725 |
| JUVENILE CURFEW LAW | 2163 |
| RESID/COMMERIAL ALARM | 2147 |
| DOMESTIC DISPUTE | 1506 |
| MENTALLY ILL PERSON | 1193 |
| PROJECT | 857 |
| FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION | 786 |
| HIT AND RUN | 628 |
| ASSAULT/BATTERY | 618 |
| DISABLED VEHICLE | 600 |
| LOST/FOUND PROPERTY | 562 |
| PETTY THEFT | 539 |
| RECKLESS DRIVING | 435 |
| SUSPICIOUS PERSON | 419 |
| Call type | Calls | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE STOP/TRAFFIC | 13,337 | 22.5% |
| BUILDING CHECK | 7,227 | 12.2% |
| INFORMATION | 6,762 | 11.4% |
| MISDEMEANOR | 4,357 | 7.3% |
| DISTURBANCE | 4,277 | 7.2% |
| NATURE UNKNOWN | 3,018 | 5.1% |
| TRAFFIC CRASH | 2,725 | 4.6% |
| JUVENILE CURFEW LAW | 2,163 | 3.6% |
| RESID/COMMERIAL ALARM | 2,147 | 3.6% |
| DOMESTIC DISPUTE | 1,506 | 2.5% |
| MENTALLY ILL PERSON | 1,193 | 2.0% |
| PROJECT | 857 | 1.4% |
| FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION | 786 | 1.3% |
| HIT AND RUN | 628 | 1.1% |
| ASSAULT/BATTERY | 618 | 1.0% |
| DISABLED VEHICLE | 600 | 1.0% |
| LOST/FOUND PROPERTY | 562 | 0.9% |
| PETTY THEFT | 539 | 0.9% |
| RECKLESS DRIVING | 435 | 0.7% |
| SUSPICIOUS PERSON | 419 | 0.7% |
| SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE | 335 | 0.6% |
| MISSING PERS/RUNAWAY | 328 | 0.6% |
| STREET OBSTRUCTION | 297 | 0.5% |
| TRAFFIC LIGHT OUT | 265 | 0.4% |
| CRIMINAL MISCHIEF | 259 | 0.4% |
| NARCOTIC LAW (DRUGS) | 234 | 0.4% |
| OFFENSES AGST FAMILY | 227 | 0.4% |
| GRAND THEFT | 223 | 0.4% |
| FIRE | 216 | 0.4% |
| FELONY | 214 | 0.4% |
| STOLEN VEHICLE | 211 | 0.4% |
| BURG OF A STRUCTURE | 201 | 0.3% |
| PARKING VIOLATION | 200 | 0.3% |
| AUTO BURGLARY | 190 | 0.3% |
| POLICE SERVICE CALL | 182 | 0.3% |
| AGG ASSAULT/BATTERY | 171 | 0.3% |
| FIGHT | 161 | 0.3% |
| TELEPHONE VIOLATION | 144 | 0.2% |
| ANIMAL NUISANCE | 136 | 0.2% |
| ABANDONED VEHICLE | 115 | 0.2% |
| WIRE DOWN | 111 | 0.2% |
| TRAFFIC CONTROL | 96 | 0.2% |
| BOATING VIOLATION | 92 | 0.2% |
| LANDLORD/TENANT DISPUTE | 85 | 0.1% |
| FORGERY/BAD CHECKS | 73 | 0.1% |
| LOST/STOLEN TAG | 61 | 0.1% |
| ROBBERY | 55 | 0.1% |
| INTOXICATED PERSON | 44 | 0.1% |
| MEETING | 40 | 0.1% |
| SEXUAL BATTERY | 40 | 0.1% |
| PROSTITUTION | 33 | 0.1% |
| HOLDING PERSON | 31 | 0.1% |
| MARINE PATROL | 25 | 0.0% |
| DECEASED PERSON | 24 | 0.0% |
| CONVOY OR ESCORT | 23 | 0.0% |
| AIDED CASE | 20 | 0.0% |
| LIQUOR LAW | 15 | 0.0% |
| PROWLER | 15 | 0.0% |
| INTOXICATED DRIVER | 11 | 0.0% |
| DEAD ANIMAL/HAZARD | 4 | 0.0% |
| GAMBLING VIOLATION | 1 | 0.0% |
What this is, and isn’t
A few things to keep in mind before reading anything into these numbers:
- This is a two-month snapshot, not a trend. Sixty-one days of summer can’t tell you whether any of this is going up, down, or is typical of the rest of the year.
- These are dispatch labels — what the call was coded as when an officer was sent, not what an officer found on arrival, and not whether a crime occurred. A DISTURBANCE call can turn out to be nothing; a NATURE UNKNOWN call can turn out to be anything.
- Most of the call labels are self-explanatory however we did reach out to ask about a couple of the labels
- “Building Check” = Circumstances that exist warranting an officer to search the premises.
- “Information” = Used as classification for any type of incident not covered by another dispatch signal.
- “Project” may refer to the classification of “Special Project,” which is a specifically focused effort.
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