Crime Stoppers, globally, has just passed the $10 Billion (USD) mark in the value of drugs and property recovered from people who have been apprehended by police, based on information provided anonymously to Crime Stoppers.
Crime Stoppers has assisted in the arrest of more than 800,000 people so far, and helps solve a crime somewhere in the world every 14 minutes.
The information would have been supplied to any of the 1,200+ local Crime Stoppers programs in more than 20 countries around the world.
Mr. Michael Gordon-Gibson, CSI President, said, “The majority of the people working in Crime Stoppers globally are community volunteers, people who believe that if we all did a little bit in reducing crime in our local communities it would compound to make a big difference, well it has, well and truly. Our volunteers work tirelessly to collect information from the public and pass this onto local law enforcement.”
He continued to say, “The information is provided, anonymously, by telephone, texting and on-line, from people in these local communities, who feel safe in doing so based on the fact that for more than 30 years their identities are and always will be, protected. This is a cornerstone of our operation and over the years other copy-cat organizations have come and gone, but the original and trusted Crime Stoppers organization grows every year.”
This huge milestone has been achieved shortly after a co-operation agreement was signed by INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble and CSI President Michael Gordon-Gibson after the resolution’s approval, whereby the two organizations will work closely with CSI supporting specific Interpol operations in the coming years.