Crime Stoppers Achieves it's 10,000th Arrest

(From a press release issued by Detective Kevin Boehm, coordinator of the KC Crime Stoppers)

As of September 30, 2011, the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline achieved its 10,000th felony arrest in program history.  The anonymous reporting resource which pays cash rewards for information leading to the arrest of felony criminal suspects has been in operation in the Greater Kansas City area since October 1982.

The TIPS Hotline extends its appreciation to all area media outlets as well as federal, state and local law enforcement and most importantly the anonymous callers, web TIPSTERS and texters who have made the program a success and model for other Crime Stoppers programs world wide.

In addition to the 10,000th arrest the program has received over 118,000 TIPS and cleared 593 homicides, 1,565 robberies, 1,419 burglaries and provided anonymous information to law enforcement resulting in the arrest of 2,765 fugitives. 1,668 firearms have been recovered and $23,089,909.40 dollars in recovered property and narcotics seized. Cash payments to TIPSTERS have totaled $1,184,282.00 to date.

Todd Harrison, operations manager at Atronic Alarms, has served on the Board of KC Crime Stoppers for six years.

"I am very proud to be associated with a program that is fully committed to work with local law enforcement and the civilians to assist in putting felon's behind bars," Harrision said. "The 10,000th felony arrest is quite an accomplishment . . . that is 10,000 felon's taken off our streets, making our communities safer each and every day."