Crime Stoppers - How it
Works Greater Triangle Crime Stoppers will pay up to $2500.00 - when your information leads to an arrest and indictment. CALL (919) 226-CRIME As a non-profit organization, Greater Triangle Crime Stoppers involves the community, the media and law enforcement in the fight against crime. Crime Stoppers works with the Cary Police Department, but we are not part of the police department and our Board Members are not police officers. Most of the information received by Crime Stoppers is by telephone and all calls to Crime Stoppers are kept in complete confidence. When Crime Stoppers receive a call, it is logged in with the date and time along with a brief summary of the caller's information. Callers are given a confidential code number that is used to identify the caller in subsequent transactions. (Caller ID is not used on any of our lines) Citizens who supply information leading to an arrest and indictment are eligible for a reward of up to $2500.00. At the time of the initial phone call, the caller is given instructions on when to call back to check on the case. When the caller does call back, if the information they provided resulted in an arrest and indictment, the caller will be given information on how to collect the reward and still remain anonymous. Area citizens have volunteered their time and formed a board of directors to oversee the Crime Stoppers program. This board approves the rewards to be paid, based on information about the case presented by the Police Coordinator. Once the board approves a reward and the caller has called back to check on the case, the Police Coordinator will give the caller instructions on how to pick up the reward. The caller is given secret code information and directed to a local bank. The caller will give the bank teller the code number and after the number has been verified by the teller, the caller will receive an envelope containing the cash reward money. No one ever knows the identity of the caller. Providing Information to Help Solve the Crime If you know about any felony or misdemeanor crime, we want you to be able to collect your reward. You must give as many details as possible about the crime when you leave your message. We need this information to help the police make the arrest and indictment. Some Ideas of What Information is Needed:
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