Objectives

The Crime Stoppers program is sponsored by various civic, professional, social organizations and groups in our community. As well, any interested and concerned individual is invited to participate. This program provides a vehicle for the free flow of information from the public, concerning criminal activity. It also provides cash rewards to citizens for information leading to the arrest and indictment or prosecution of an offender involved in an unsolved crime.

The Crime Stoppers program is funded by public and private contributions, made up of a civilian board of directors to oversee and administer the funds, established as a non-profit corporation under Kentucky Law, and coordinates with local, state and federal law enforcement.

The Crime Stoppers objectives are:

• To furnish law enforcement agencies with information on crimes, wanted persons, and other criminal activity that they would otherwise be unable to obtain
• To motivate and promote public cooperation and involvement with law enforcement efforts and to reward such involvement
• To foster better police-community relations through increased public awareness
• To prevent many crimes before they are actually committ