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No tax money is used to pay Crim e Stoppers informants trom TIPS on page 9 us., During the day, the 39 local Crime Stoppers branches handie the catis. When they close, the catis are forwarded to the after-hours line at the Bolton cati centre. "Our (hottine) is one of our most valuabte tools in hetping police solve crimes," said OACS presi- dent Bilt Sulston. The province-wide toll-free number is 1-800-222-lIPS. From the start of this year to June 30, the after-hours hottine received 39,441 catis. Last year, it received a total of 77,558 catis. Almost haîf of ail catis to Crime Stoppers are funneied through its after-hours line. Crime Stoppers provides a means for people to, relate crime solving tips to police and pays cash 10 those whose information ieads 10 arrests. No tax dollars are used for the rewards and the program dependa on the generosity of com- panies, service clubs and individu- aIs. No information is ever reieased that might narrow down the identi- ty of informants and Crime Stoppers doesn't subscribe to cati dispiay. The lengths to which organizers go have certainiy paîd off. Everything from murder and auto theft to fraud and burglary has been soived as a result of the pro- gram. According to Det. Anseti, Crime Stoppers of Halton received tips that helped soive l0i cases iast year. One heiped soive a homicide in another jurisdiction. For the past two years, Crime Stoppers has aiso been posting its Crime of the Week on the Intemet in addition to other media outiets such as newspapers like The Champion. Tipsters can cati back using their code number 10 check on the progress of an investigation and if an arrest is made, a reward wili be paid. As it tums out, about 90 per cent of informants don't want the cash. Atthough Crime Stoppers began in the United States, the innovative programn was actuaiiy started by a Canadian-bomn police officer. John MacCleese was a member of the Albuquerque, New Mexico police department and in 1976 his investigation of a murder/robbery was going nowhere. He hatched a plan, cieared by his superiors, to mun an article in the local paper calling for anonymous witnesses and to offer a reward from his own pocket. As tuck wouid have it, a vital iead originated from a cati and within 24 hours, MacCleese had sotved an unrelated rape. In 72 hours, he'd soived the murder. Today, Crime Stoppers programs have been implemented in more than 1,100 communities worid- wide. There are 90 such programs now in Canada. Police seek window shooter Halton Regionai Police are investigating more than 25 inci- dents where a pellet gun has been used to break out windows of cars, homes and businesses. Windows at the Trafalgar Square building on Main Street East and Richardson Chev-Olds on Crime Stoppers 0 F H A L T0N Regionat Road 25 were broken between June 18 and 19. 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