For Tipsters and Community, Crime (Stoppers) Pays Crime Stoppers wrapped up 2014 with a whopping 660 tips that solved 25 cases and earned tipsters approximately $3,000 in cash rewards. The outlay of cash resulted from the arrests of 19 targeted fugitives and the solution of 6 criminal cases, including robbery, theft, and fraud. One tip led to the arrest of 2 fugitives at the same location. Suspects have been arrested after being featured on the Crime Stoppers website, Spokane-area television programs, and Washington’s Most Wanted, a TV program featuring unsolved crimes and targeted fugitives from all over Washington State. Crime Stoppers is a national program that enhances community safety by paying cash rewards for information that solves crimes. Unlike many such programs, it does not require that suspects be convicted in order to collect the rewards, thus assuring tipsters they can remain anonymous. Spokane County previously had the Secret Witness program which was inaugurated in 1980. It was consolidated into Crime Stoppers USA in 2008 and expanded to include Kootenai County, Idaho. Since its inception, the combined Secret Witness – Crime Stoppers program has paid out approximately $185,000 for information that resulted in the solution of a crime or arrest of a targeted fugitive. In many instances, local crimes would have gone unsolved had not a tipster provided a key tip that led police to its resolution. Persons interested in obtaining more information about Crime Stoppers can visit the website crimestoppersinlandnorthwest.org
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:47:42 +0000
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