If you call the police to report a crime anonymously on your cell phone can they find out who you are?

Question

If you call the police to report a crime anonymously on your cell phone can they find out who you are?

Answer 1

They can, but there is not a lot of reason to do so.

Answer 2

Technically they can. But unless you are involved or implicated in the crime some how they will probably have no reason to track you down. Thats why you can remain anonymous through crime stoppers.

Answer 3

They can track down any phone and figure out who made the call, even from a pay phone. But if you are reporting a crime, you are a witness, and law enforcement will need to know who you are so you can testify in court if need be.

They won't tell the perp who ratted them out.

Answer 4

yeah, pretty much. But they wont tell you that....