Stalking Incident Logs for Victims
If you are a victim of stalking, it is crucial to maintain a log of stalking-related incidents and behaviors, especially if you choose to engage with the criminal or civil justice systems. Recording this information will help document the behavior for protection order applications, divorce, child custody cases, and criminal prosecution. It will also help preserve your memory of individual incidents you might later report or testify about.
The Stalking Log should be used to record and document all stalking-related behavior, including:
Harassing or repeated phone calls, texts, emails, messages, or letters
Following or waiting for you
Sending you letters or gifts
Tracking you
Damaging your property / acts of vandalism
Spreading rumors about you
Posting private information or photos of you
Hacking into your accounts
Threatening you or those close to you
Threats communicated through other people
When reporting incidents to law enforcement, write down the officer’s name and badge number for your records. Even if the officers do not make an arrest, you can ask them to make a written report and request a copy for your own records.