Article: Police urge text-message crime tips

Article: Crime Stoppers in Oklahoma City finds success with text tips
THE JOURNAL RECORD;  July 2, 2008 ;     513 words ......citizens to send him text messages about six weeks...his office at Crime Stoppers. Since the program...150 tips from text messages. Of that number...said. On average, Crime Stoppers receives 400 tips...program, dubbed Text A Tip, was inspired...next approached ...

Article: Crime Stoppers launches tips via text messaging.(FRONT)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);  April 24, 2008 ;     63 words ...MONTREAL -- Crime Stoppers is looking to tech-savvy youth to tap out tips via text messages. The non-profit civilian organization...already using the internet. Today, Crime Stoppers groups in Canada, the U.K. and parts...anonymously text message their tips to Crime ...

Article: GOV. PERRY ANNOUNCES $508,809 IN GRANTS TO CRIME STOPPERS PROGRAMS ACROSS TEXAS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 19, 2006 ;     588 words ......of $508,809 in grants to 53 Crime Stoppers programs across Texas. These grants are awarded under the state Crime Stoppers Assistance Fund and are distributed...resources and tools available to Crime Stoppers programs, we raise public awareness...

Article: CRIME STOPPERS CONVENTION HERE.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  August 26, 2004 ;     538 words ......officers and civilians involved with Crime Stoppers programs from all 50 states and around...will be in Cincinnati for the 2004 Crime Stoppers International Training Conference. Crime Stoppers members are coming from as far away...

Article: Crime Stoppers happy to hand out $5,850
Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  August 1, 2004 ;     201 words ...Lancaster City-County Crime Stoppers recently announced the most successful...Between May 2003 and May 2004, Crime Stoppers received 447 total calls, which...arrests involving 13 crimes. Crime Stoppers board of directors president...

Article: Crime Stoppers marks successes
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  February 7, 2004 ;     462 words ......and quite well at that, as the local Crime Stoppers program's payouts have topped $250...property police have recovered through Crime Stoppers and the nearly $1.7 million worth of...program," said James Clark, president of Crime Stoppers of Will County and the retired ...

Article: SEATTLE POLICE, CRIME STOPPERS ANNOUNCE NEW, TEXT-A-CRIME TIP PROGRAM
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 4, 2008 ;     543 words ......president of Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound...Services - Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound...announce that Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound...anonymous." Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound...than 300,000 text messages per minute...1,000 from Crime ...

Article: CRIME STOPPERS SEEKS TEXTED TIPS OFFICIALS SAY ADDING AN ANONYMOUS TEXT-MESSAGING OPTION WILL ATTRACT TECH-SAVVY YOUNG TIPSTERS.(FRONT)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  September 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......messaging to the Crime Stoppers program. For...Madison Area Crime Stoppers, which serves...That's what the Crime Stoppers program is all...23, said using text messages for police tips...system, in which text messages about...board that runs Crime ...

Article: Crime Stoppers desperate for funding: A last-minute gift is keeping the rewards-for-tips group alive.
Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN);  February 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Mara H. Gottfried Feb. 5--Crime Stoppers was once a powerful force in the Twin...But a last-minute donation is keeping Crime Stoppers afloat, for now. It's pretty cut and...s treasurer. It's been proven that Crime Stoppers works to generate leads for police...

Article: [ Crime Stoppers coordinator encourages callers ]
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  February 24, 2002 ;     644 words ......Capital-Journal Crime doesn't pay, but Crime Stoppers does. The program offers rewards of...started in 1981, authorities say tips to Crime Stoppers of Topeka Inc. have solved an average...past fiscal year, which ended Oct. 1, Crime Stoppers tips solved 21 crimes and led to the...

Article: DROP IN CRIME RATE EARNS KUDOS FOR CRIME STOPPERS
Sun Publications (IL);  April 23, 1997 ;     545 words ...Naperville Crime Stoppers has seen an increase in tips and...credits the surge of calls to the Crime Stoppers hot line to an increase in promotions...getting the word out about what Crime Stoppers is all about," he said. With an...

Article: Vic: Record arrests from Crime Stoppers
AAP General News (Australia);  August 9, 2004 ;     315 words ......08-09-2004 Vic: Record arrests from Crime Stoppers MELBOURNE, Aug 9 AAP - The Victorian Crime Stoppers program has recorded its highest arrest...arrested 720 people after calls to Crime Stoppers - 88 more than the previous year. More...

Article: Donor: Reward contract forged: Crime Stoppers says man refused to pay reward he promised.
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  November 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......in its 29-year history, Central Ohio Crime Stoppers is accused of a crime. The accuser...accusing him of breach of contract. Crime Stoppers says Mammana signed a contract promising...helping investigators. But Mammana says Crime Stoppers forged his signature on the contract...

Article: Crime Stoppers holds annual conference
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  April 27, 2004 ;     429 words ...The Kansas Crime Stoppers Association opened its annual conference this...people to share ideas on how to improve existing Crime Stoppers programs, as well as help build Crime Stoppers programs in cities and counties that currently...