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Causes: Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Crime & Legal-Related, Crime Prevention, Youth Violence Prevention
Mission: Founded in 1979, to promote the welfare of communites 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 Crime Stopper Programs are located to advise concerning the operation thereof.
Served as a board member in the past - was very proud to belong to the organization - they served many clients - passed on numerous tips to law enforcement and did exactly what they aimed to do. The organization was modernized both in computer technology and tip management and in operations, by a then all volunteer board which has allowed them to hire an executive director to manage operations. Great progress in a very short period of time.
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