You can submit an anonymous tip to the Burlington Police Department via AnonymousTips.com

The best crime tips include lots of facts and not speculation

http://www.anonymoustips.com/anon-tips/send-tip-law-enforcement/

What is the law on anonymous tips?

Everyone who communicates with Massachusetts police officers regarding a crime has to satisfy a two-prong test for the police to use the information to conduct a search or make an arrest. The person needs to be reliable and they need to have direct knowledge of what they are reporting.

To use an anonymous tip in Massachusetts the police need to show a tipsters reliability and their basis of knowledge.

Reliability is shown automatically when a person makes themselves known – This is because a person can be called to testify in court and they could easily be prosecuted for filing a false report if they are found to be lying. The only way to show an anonymous tip is reliable is if the police can verify the facts that a tipster gives. This is why details are important.

The police can and will investigate anonymous tips but the tip by itself does not give the police justification to search a person or their property or to make an arrest. Sometimes tipsters are frustrated that a person is not immediately arrested after they submit a tip. Unfortunately, tips have to be investigated and many details need to be confirmed before the police can act.

A “Basis of Knowledge” basically means that a tipster needs to explain how they know these details. Someone who heard a rumor has no basis of knowledge, whereas someone who saw a crime or heard a confession themselves has a basis of knowledge.

Our tip system ensures anonymity but if we do identify someone making false and malicious tips we will prosecute them.