Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers
Sacramento and Placer County Crime Stoppers is a non-profit organization operated by dedicated community volunteers and members from the law enforcement agencies within Sacramento and Placer County. Crime Stoppers offers Sacramento and Placer County residents the opportunity to report crimes anonymously, and receive cash awards when an arrest is made.
How Does Crime Stoppers Work?
Crime Stoppers a three-part approach to solving the crime problem. Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers relies on cooperation between the police, the media, and the general community to provide a flow of information about crime and criminals.
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By guaranteeing a tipster’s anonymity, Crime Stoppers allows the caller to give information in a positive atmosphere without the prospect of retribution. By offering cash rewards (up to $1000) for information leading to indictment or arrests, the program encourages otherwise reluctant callers to provide information.
To be eligible for a reward, the tip must be sent to Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers by Internet, Mobile or Phone.
What Happens When a Tip is Received
Calls are received at the local Crime Stoppers tips line phone. This phone is a stand-alone instrument that does not provide caller ID, and conversations are not recorded. The Crime Stoppers police or civilian Coordinator receiving the information completes the tips information form, makes initial inquiries, and then passes the information to the investigating officer. Calls are accepted regarding any publicized request for information, such as “Crime of the Week” or such other crime(s) the caller has knowledge of.
Online tips are processed through Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers and are affiliated with Crime Stoppers USA. The process is completely secure and anonymous and is a very effective and efficient means of safely communicating with us in today’s world. Our Web Tip process is powered by the world’s leading online tip solution provider, Anderson Software.
The very unique integrated Two-Way Dialog capabilities allow the tipster to come back and provide additional information to their tip at any time, but also provide a secure means for the coordinator to ask questions or provide reward information back to the tipster through the same secure and encrypted interface.
Structure and Funding of Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers
Our Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers is organized as a not-for-profit organization (charity). A civilian community board of directors provides direction as to the financial and promotional activities of the program. The board of directors enhances the community involvement aspect, and its function is vital to the success of the program.
The Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers program is funded by private donations and fundraising. NO TAX DOLLARS are involved. The reward money paid out by the program is from fundraising and donations from concerned citizens and businesses.
A community board of directors, made up of persons from throughout the area, meets on a monthly basis to evaluate arrests and to decide on the size of rewards to be paid, up to $1,000. Rewards are then distributed in a private manner to the callers. Callers are eligible for rewards up to $1,000, but, despite this, many callers choose not to collect their rewards.
Is Crime Stoppers Effective?
The answer is quite simply yes. Since the start of the Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers (formerly Sacramento Citizen’s Crime Alert Program), many calls have been received resulting in thousands of arrests and the recovery of substantial amounts of property. Calls have included information about murder, robbery, rape, assaults, drug and firearm offenses.
The success of our Crime Stoppers program cannot be purely judged on statistics, however, other benefits have come to notice:
- A greater awareness in the community that there is a crime problem.
- A willingness by the community to fight back against crime if it is given the opportunity and motivation.
- Improved relationships between police, media, and the community.
Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers has been accepted by police as a valid and effective investigative tool and the public, through its overwhelming response, appears to have accepted it as a more palatable alternative to traditional methods of giving information.