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Walker County / Huntsville Crime Stoppers Program, established in 1987, is an independent community-based, non-profit organization working in partnership with the Huntsville Police Department and the Walker County Sheriff Department. Crime Stoppers is an effective tool to fight crime to make our community a safer place for everyone. Our organization operates as an independent organization made up of local citizens. Donations of airtime, newspaper space and reward monies have established Crime Stoppers as an effective tool to fight crime in our area.
Vision A community safe from crime and the fear of crime.
Mission
Crime Stoppers is the trusted voice. We work in partnership with the community, the police, and the media to provide a method for law enforcement to receive information anonymously. We strive to create a community where people feel safe and are willing to report criminal activity.
Crime Stoppers encourages community members to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy.
Crime Stoppers provides a telephone number and Web Tips to encourage citizens in the community to volunteer vital information helpful to law enforcement agencies in fighting crime.
Crime Stoppers works because of the combined efforts of local law enforcement agencies, local news media and the volunteer citizens making up the local Crime Stoppers Board.
Callers can remain anonymous and are eligible to receive a cash reward if the information given leads to an arrest or grand jury indictment of a felony offender.
Crime Stoppers relies on volunteer Directors and tax-deductible contributions from the public to operate the program’ s administration.
Does Crime Stoppers Work?
The answer is quite simply yes. Since the start of Crime Stoppers, many calls have been received resulting in thousands of arrests and recovery of substantial amounts of property. Calls have included information about murder, robbery, rape, assaults, drug and firearm offenses.
The success of a 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. Crime Stoppers is definitely here to stay. It 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.
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