The Kansas Crime Stoppers Association is pleased to
welcome you to our web site. We hope you will find the site informative, easy
to use, and one that you will bookmark as a favorite. Since September 1976
when the first Crime Stoppers’ program was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
this non-profit organization has reached many milestones. Crime Stoppers
became International in 1983 with the creation of the first two programs in
Canada. At the same time, Boulder, Colorado started the nation’s first
Scholastic Crime Stopper program. Now there are over 1,000 community and
scholastic programs located in more than fourteen nations around the world,
that can boast a recovery of over $5.5 billon dollars in property and
narcotics, and a conviction rate of 98% for approximately 420,000 arrests.
Kansas Crime Stoppers Association joined the ranks and was incorporated in
August 1987. The Kansas organization has grown to include 38 local programs
and 75 scholastic programs in communities across the state.
The primary goal of Kansas Crime Stoppers Association is
to substantially reduce criminal activity in Kansas through the development of
community Crime Stoppers programs with citizen involvement. An additional
goal of the current Board of Directors is to increase awareness throughout
Kansas in regard to the organization and about issues believed to be of
importance to Kansas citizens, students, and member programs. This web site
and the links it provides to other Crime Stoppers programs is a vital tool for
fulfilling this goal. We hope you will visit often and contact us if we can
be of assistance in developing a Crime Stopper program in your community or
school, or have additional questions that we can answer. If you have a tip
about a crime, please call your local Crime Stoppers program.
Kansas Crime Stoppers Purpose:
Kansas Crime Stoppers Association, Inc. is a nonprofit
corporation organized to promote and encourage Crime Stoppers programs in the
State of Kansas by serving as a functional and constitutive resource to law
enforcement and community groups for program development and training. The
objectives of the association are:
To provide a vehicle for the communication of information on Crime
Stoppers programs, projects and techniques, between participating agencies
and groups.
To develop or assist in the development of Crime Stoppers programs and
projects that have both statewide and local applicability and impact.
To recommend or provide Crime Stoppers instruction upon request and
assist in program implementation and uniformity.
To establish meetings to share information as it relates to Crime
Stoppers activities.
To obtain funding to accomplish these goals.
Crime Stoppers is a partnership of the
community, the media and law enforcement. Concerned citizens form the
non-profit corporation, provide the rewards and oversee the program; the media
regularly publicizes the unsolved crimes; and law enforcement takes the tips
and investigates the crimes that lead to the arrests. The cooperation
and involvement of each partner is crucial for the success of Crime Stoppers
programs today.