YOUR PERSPECTIVE: Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers marks 40 years with Founder
Since the day it was first established in May 1984, Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers has been collecting ANONYMOUS tips every day and forwarding them to police to solve crimes, keep people safe, and recover stolen property, drugs and illegal weapons.
To date, almost 9,000 arrests have been made based on information received through tips, and half-a-billion dollars in stolen property and drugs and have been seized. Rewards up to $5,000 are offered for tips that lead to arrests.
“This week, we’re marking 40 years and in all that time, no one who’s called Crime Stoppers has ever been identified to police or anyone else,” said Linda Annis, Executive Director of Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers. “When the program started, tipsters called a single telephone number with information. Today, we’ve expanded by adding our own mobile phone app for submitting tips. We also take information online through links on Facebook, and on our website. We take telephone tips in 115 languages day and night, and the $2000 reward we offered when Crime Stoppers began has since grown to $5000.”