Crime Stoppers Month Proclamations and Letters.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Friday, January 8, 2021
2020 was a landmark and record year for Northern BC Crime Stoppers.
January 8, 2021
For Immediate Release
Prince George, BC
2020 was a historic and record year for Northern BC Crime Stoppers!
It’s Crime
Stoppers Month and Northern BC Crime Stoppers would like to share some
exciting news about your award winning program!
Now entering it’s 36 the year, the program expanded it’s reach thru
Northern BC and reached nearly 1000 tips
in 2020! A couple of months ago, PG Crime Stoppers officially changed its name
to Northern BC Crime Stoppers and now serves over 30 communities! We are taking
tips north to the Yukon Border, south to Williams Lake, west to Smithers and
east to the Alberta border.
Unfortunately,
because of COVID-19 we won’t be able to attend our regular community events to
celebrate “Crime Stoppers” month, but by the end of January, Northern BC Crime
Stoppers will debut our new logo, new website and new mascot!
In 2020, the Northern BC Crime Stoppers
Program received a record of 997
tips (up from 700 in 2019) from YOU! Those tips resulted in 31
arrests (up from 14 in 2019), 10
cases cleared and 11 cash rewards approved. As well, $144,000 worth of
drugs were seized and $7,500 in cash was recovered! Here are more of
our impressive numbers:
2020 |
Since Inception in 1985 |
|
Tips Received |
997 |
18,545 |
Arrests Made |
31 |
1,595 |
Number of Awards Approved |
11 |
617 |
Value of Awards Approved |
$2,400 |
$178,700 |
Value of Seized Property
& Drugs recovered |
$154,000 |
$39,381,227 |
In 2020, Northern BC Crime Stoppers
continued our very successful partnership with Shred-it Mobile Shedding
Services! With a donation to Crime Stoppers, you can shred your personal
documents safely and securely. It was our most successful event in our
4-year history and together we raised over $5,000! We would like to remind you our
next “Community Shred It Event” will be on Saturday April 24th, 2021 in Prince
George at the PGSS parking lot from 10am -2pm. As we to rollout our expanded
program throughout Northern BC, we plan to host events in more Northern BC
Communities. Look for us in the coming months.
The Board of Directors of Northern BC Crime
Stoppers would like to thank the citizens of Northern BC for continuing to
provide vital information that has led to a record year for tips and arrests in
2020!
We would also like to thank the hard
working and dedicated members of the RCMP in Prince George and neighbouring
communities for continuing to support this crime fighting program. Later this month, Northern BC Crime Stoppers
will officially acknowledge our “Officer of The Year” and Watch of The Year” at
the PG Detachment.
There are two ways to submit a tip to
Northern BC Crime Stoppers anonymously 24/7 365 Days a year:
The traditional method of calling 1-800-222-8477(TIPS)
and providing information to a trained operator is still very popular. As an
increasingly popular alternative, you can submit a typed tip via our website at
www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca.
When providing tips, please be as
detailed as possible and remember we don't want
your name, just your information! All methods are completely anonymous!
As one of the many Crime Stopper programs
throughout the country, Northern BC Crime Stoppers is a proud partnership of
the local media, police and residents of Northern BC. Northern BC
Crime Stoppers is a not-for-profit society run independently of the police by
everyday citizens like you! All information received is anonymous and
is provided to the police in the hopes it will further investigations and lead
to arrests, seizures and recovered property.
For more details about Northern BC Crime
Stoppers, and our 2020 statistics, please see our website at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca.
or follow us on Facebook.
For more information or interview
opportunities, contact:
Ron Polillo, Vice President Northern BC
Crime Stoppers at 250- 612-8645.
Robin Craig, President of Northern BC
Crime Stoppers at 250-565-8015.