At the half-way point in 2010, Crime Stoppers has posted an enviable record of success.  When compared with the program’s performance in 2009, numbers in almost every measurable statistic are up and, in places, by rather staggering amounts.

Some highlights at the end of June 2010 include:

• The amount of drugs seized up almost 425%
• The value of recovered property, drugs, etc. has improved by more than 400%
• The number of calls the toll-free line has taken has increased by more than 80%
• The number of rewards being paid out has doubled.

Our mandate of anonymity precludes Crime Stoppers from digging deeper into the data to source the success, however, some obvious indicators point to the tremendous contribution made by local media outlets in broadcasting out message.  Even the subtlest mention of Crime Stoppers and the toll-free number in a newscast or news story produces results.  Equally, our relationship with the many police agencies allows us to move information received quickly and anonymously and cases can be solved very quickly; at times, in a few days.

Naturally, the success comes with a cost.  The number of rewards paid out through the first six months of 2010 are double the amount paid through the entire 12 months of 2009.  Crime Stoppers asks for your help by making a small donation through the secure PayPal link on the www.tipshelp.com website.  Your investment is very important: for every dollar Crime Stoppers pays out in rewards, it amounts to $6,400 of drugs and stolen property taken off our streets and away from schools.

Crime Stoppers news and updates are available at our Tipshelp website, joining the Crime Stopper’s Facebook Page and following Crime Stoppers on Twitter.

Crime Stoppers is a citizen, media and police co-operative program designed to involve the public in the fight against crime. Crime Stoppers will provide citizens with a vehicle to anonymously supply the police with information to a crime they may have knowingly witnessed or a crime or potential crime to which they may have knowledge.

Your continued support is greatly appreciated.

The actions of a passerby helped save the building but considerable damage was done to the face of the building.  Police believe the fire was set in a garbage can.  Fortunately no one was in the building and no one was hurt.

Police continue to look for suspects and information.

If you have any information that may lead to the identity and the arrest of these individuals, please contact Crime Stoppers of Northwestern Ontario and Northern Minnesota.

Any information provided to Crime Stoppers is done so anonymously. Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $2,000 if the information helps solve a crime. Tips can be submitted anonymously by clicking HERE, by calling 1-800-222-TIPS, or by texting ‘tip262’ followed by the information to CRIMES (274637).

Operation Hands Off is a unique program that creates fear and uncertainty in the mind of the criminal and creates barriers to profiting from property theft.  The program gives home owners and businesses an affordable, effective deterrent against theft.

The program includes the use of highly sophisticated marking technologies that include hidden and prominently displayed markings, combined with nationally coordinated strategies that involve law enforcement, insurance companies, partner agencies and you, our clients.

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The program makes marked material extremely difficult to sell and increases the risk of detection through a powerful International database system that cross references the identification data with property identification numbers and makes the same property data available to you and law enforcement officials.

Operation Hands Off also includes the following elements:

• Bait Property
• Tracking Devices
• Forensic Traps (Invisible marking on Criminals at the scene of a crime)
• Video Surveillance
• Silent alarms
• Anonymous Crime Reports through Crime Stoppers
• Public Awareness Programs
• Public Warning Signs

The combined impact of these various methods is to make your property too much trouble to steal: criminals move on to easier targets.