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Home: About Crimestoppers
About Us
Mission
Founded in 1979, to promote the welfare of communities
throughout the country and to lessen the burdens of federal,
state and local governments by:
a) Assisting their law enforcement agencies in the
apprehension and conviction of criminals, primarily through
the establishment and support of new and existing state and
local Crime Stopper Programs.
b) Training and advising law enforcement personnel and
others who participate in such programs.
c) Helping to motivate members of the public to cooperate
with their respective law enforcement agencies.
d) Stimulating and encouraging the flow of information
to, among and between various law enforcement agencies.
e) Creating and circulating films, video and sound tapes,
and printed material about crime prevention and Crime
Stopper Programs, and otherwise promoting such programs.
f) Visiting places where existing or potential
Crimestopper Programs are located to advise concerning the
operation thereof.
Programs
Midlands Crimestoppers programs include an anonymous
tipster hotline, a “Most Wanted” program in finding fugitive
felons, promoting Student Crimestoppers programs in area
high schools and college campuses, and the creation of other
programs to help local law enforcement.
Midlands Crimestoppers consistently gives out over
$35,000 in rewards to anonymous tipsters every year. Our
apprehension rate for wanted fugitive felons averages 85%.
Who We Are
To develop as an effective crime-solving organization
throughout the world, with the primary objective of this
tri-partite organization, Community, Media, and Law
Enforcement, “Working Together to Solve Crime.”

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