Can I call the police if I receive harassing text messages?

Legal analysis: You can call the police after receiving harassing text messages and retaining evidence. If the circumstances are minor, the public security administrative punishment department shall detain him for more than five days and less than ten days, and may impose a fine of not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and may also be fined less than 1000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he is suspected of the crime of stirring up trouble and should bear criminal responsibility.

Legal basis: Article 26 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and may be fined 1000 yuan:

Gang fighting;

(2) Chasing or intercepting others;

(three) extortion or arbitrary damage, embezzlement of public or private property;

(4) Other provocative acts.

Article 293 of the Criminal Law Whoever commits one of the following acts of provoking troubles and disrupting social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance:

(a) beating others at will, and the circumstances are bad;

(two) chasing, intercepting, insulting or intimidating others, and the circumstances are bad;

(three) extortion or arbitrary damage, occupation of public or private property, if the circumstances are serious;

(4) Causing serious disorder in public places.

Whoever gathers people for many times to commit the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph and seriously undermines social order shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years and may also be fined.