Newfoundland and Labrador Crime Stoppers

Newfoundland and Labrador
Crime Stoppers
Working together to protect our province
What is Crime Stoppers
A community group of volunteers
• A non profit community-based charitable
organization.
• We are a combination of public, media and police,
working all together to help solve crime.
• We obtain confidential anonymous information on
unsolved crimes and forward same onto all law
enforcement agencies.
• Crime stoppers is not an investigative agency.
• It is a charity.
The history of Crime Stoppers
In 1976 a university student was killed during a
gas station armed robbery.
• After 6 weeks of investigation the police had few leads in the
case, and one officer had an idea!!
• They prepared a re-enactment and aired it on all local
channels.
• The crime was solved in 72 hours.
• The crime rate was soaring and the police were seeking a way
to help solve crime
• Crime Stoppers was the answer
• Now people could provide information, but not their identity
History
Newfoundland and Labrador Crime Stoppers established the
North East Avalon Branch in St.John’s in 1992.
Other branches established in Newfoundland and Labrador since:
Bay St.George
Burin Peninsula
Clarenville
Corner Brook
Exploits Valley
Glovertown
Great Northern Peninsula
Labrador West
Lewisporte
Placentia/Whitbourne
Trinity Conception
New Branches to come:
The North East Avalon
Conception Bay South
Bell Island
Happy Valley Goose Bay
Crime Stoppers Facts
Why is Crime Stoppers important?
• For every crime committed, someone other
than the criminal has information.
• Most People are law abiding
• Only 5% of the population are doing 95% of
all crimes.
• Crimes are costing society millions of dollars
• There are two ways to report crime…
1. Report to enforcement
agency/police
• You could report directly to the police
enforcement agency.
• So you will then be required for all court.
• Your Identity will be known.
• Your report is in the form of a recorded
statement.
• Your statement is disclosed to the defendants.
2. Report directly to Crime Stoppers
• Contact is indirect through a civilian agency called
Crime Stoppers.
• Police get same information from Crime Stoppers,
but not your identity
• No Court, no statements, nothing after you hang
up or hit send!!
• Its up to the tipster, to call back to Crime Stoppers
to either update their information or ask to be
updated on how the investigation is progressing
with the enforcement agency.
Crime Stoppers structure
The Public, The Media and the Police
Public: The board of directors are made up of community
volunteers who administer the program.
Media: Crime Stoppers survives through advertising the
program. The media is invaluable. Without the media there
would be no Crime Stoppers.
Police: The RCMP and the RNC have one officer assigned to the
Crime Stoppers Office to coordinate tip dissemination,
maintain anonymity of tips and to promote the program.
Crime Stoppers Tips
• Once a tip is sent to an agency, it is investigated. If the tip
leads to an arrest, or seizure of drugs or recovered property.
• The tipster is eligible for payment.
• It is up to the tipster to call back.
• The Tipsoft computer program will calculate payment
according to all factors, such as the number of persons
arrested, the value of items seized and recovered.
• It is the volunteers in our branches across the island that
deliver a payment to a tipster, NOT THE POLICE.
• But we are a charity and we need volunteers and funding.
What are we looking for:
Volunteers and funding
1. Volunteers to sit on our board of directors or be a member
of a crime stoppers branch.
2. Financial donations to help Crime Stoppers advertise the
program to the public and increase the amount of tips we
receive every day.
We send our tips to:
- All police Agencies
- Wildlife
- Customs and Revenue
- HRDC
- Canada Border Services
- Child Protection Services
- Department of Fisheries
Crime Stoppers Statistics
Since 1992 in Newfoundland and Labrador over $3 million in
“Property recovered” and over $7 million in “Drugs seized”.
It is every persons right to feel safe and secure. But it is everybody's
responsibility to keep our community safe, and we are asking for your
help.
Thank You
Sgt Vicki Chalker
RCMP Provincial Coordinator
Crime Stoppers
Vicki.Chalker@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
(709) 729-8229
Cst Roy Robinson
RNC Provincial Coordinator
Crime Stoppers
(709) 729-8100