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Causes: Children & Youth, Crime & Law, Crime & Legal-Related, Crime Prevention, Youth Violence Prevention
Mission: Cirme stoppers - offering cash rewards for information leading to the arrest and indictment of persons involved in criminal activity
Programs: Crime stoppers involves the public in the fight against crime. Cash rewards up to 1,000 are offered to citizens who furnish information leading to the arrest and board approval of felony crime offenders or to the caputure of felony fugitives. Your identity is protected. Most of the information received by crime stoppers is by telephone. When a call is received by crime stoppers, it is logged with the date, time, and a brief summary of the callers information. Callers are furnished with a secret code number which is used in subsequent transactions. Callers may remain anonymous, with no pressure to reveal their identity and still collect a reward. In 2012 wfcs provided information to law enforcement that cleared 229 cases and made 144 arrests. 16,650 in stolen property and 179,952 in narcotics was recovered. Sixteen umbrella campus crime stoppers programs were responsible for providing information that cleared 243 cases and made 237 arrests. 5,290 in stolen property was recovered, 0 of narcotics were seized, and 3 weapons were siezed.