Aurora Area Crime Stoppers
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What Is It?
Crime Stoppers is a community program geared toward public involvement in the fight against crime. It offers cash rewards up to $5,000 and anonymity to citizens who furnish information leading to the arrest of felony crime offenders and to the capture of felony fugitives.
How Does It Work?
Most of the information received by Crime Stoppers is via telephone. An easy number (630) 892-1000, is set up for Crime Stoppers. It is manned daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A Spanish speaking operator is available. At night and on weekends an automatic answering device is used to record any information people want to leave. If the call is a toll call, people can call Crime Stoppers collect.
When a call is received by Crime Stoppers, it is logged with the date, time and a brief summary of the caller’s information. Callers are furnished with a secret code number which is used in subsequent transactions. Callers remain anonymous, with no pressure to reveal their identity, and still collect their rewards. If a caller’s information results in the arrest of an offender or apprehension of a fugitive, arrangements are made so that the person can receive a reward in cash and preserve their anonymity.
How Are The Rewards Paid?
A board of prominent citizens oversees the Crime Stoppers program and approves the rewards to be paid, based on information presented by the Police coordinators; however, this board does not know who called in the information. The Board is presented the facts and the code number is the only identifier used.
Is It Successful?
Aurora Area Crime Stoppers has been successful in helping the Aurora Police and other Police Agencies in solving felony cases and recovering stolen property. There have been more than 3,000 calls made to Crime Stoppers resulting in the recovery of over 2.6 million dollars in narcotics and stolen property. In addition 600 arrests have been made.
Who Funds Crime Stoppers?
Aurora Area Crime Stoppers is a non profit organization and is funded primarily by private donations of money, goods or services from members of the public including individuals, corporations, clubs, associations, retailers, and other organizations. Contributions are tax deductible.
If you would like to make a contribution, for your convenience, the following link will allow you to fill out a form, print the form and then all you have to do is mail in the form, with your contribution.
Media Involvement
All newspapers, radio stations, and cable television stations in the Aurora area are participating in the community effort.
Crime stoppers does not pay for newspaper space or radio and television time. All production expenses and air time costs are absorbed by the local media in the community interest.
In order to publicize the Crime Stoppers program and to maintain a high profile in the community, certain “unsolved” felony crimes may from time to time receive special attention from the media and liaison with police department and Crime Stoppers programs Public information and Media Committee. Calls made to Crime Stoppers have helped solve several cases.
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