Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc.

Crime Stoppers
of El Paso, Inc. Three-legged structure

a non-profit organization bringing together the community, law enforcement, and the media to help stop crime in our city.

Crime Stoppers Mission Statement
The mission of Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. is to carry out a community offensive against crime by motivating the public to report information about crimes that may lead to an arrest and to provide rewards for citizen cooperation.

Richard E. Mattersdorff - Attorney at Law

Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc.

 

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Campus Crime Stoppers is for ALL students, read more about the revised program here:

Campus Crime Stoppers for All

We have created a diagram that compares the old and new.
To view, download, or print this chart, click on the link below...

Campus Diagram


Campus stats:

Below are the stast that relate to the campus program. These figures are included in the monthly stats charts on our "STATISTICS" page. I've taken them out for those who wish to see exactly what the campus program is doing.

June 2007
Rewards paid: $20.00
Cases solved: 2
Arrests made: 2

March 2007
Rewards paid: $100.00
Cases solved: 2
Arrests made: 3

January/February 2007
Rewards paid: $50.00
Cases solved: 0
Arrests made: 0
Citations issued: 12



CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Background

Started in 1999, originally the Campus Crime Stoppers program was set up with the idea that each school would create its own program which would then be operated as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit.  This did not happen.  Additionally, certain flaws were uncovered: no 24-hour coverage, an inability of some schools to raise enough funds to pay rewards, and legal liabilities to the teachers and students because the Tips process did not guarantee anonymity.  

Today the Campus Crime Stoppers information pipeline runs through the School District Police/Security Departments.  If a Tip comes in about a pending crime at a school (gun on campus, for example) the Crime Stoppers office will immediately contact a designated Point-of-Contact in the School District Police/Security Department, who in turn contacts the designated officer or security personnel at the school.  Therefore the tips are now being handled by the people who actually investigate and prevent crime. 

Advantages of the new system

Formerly, students would most often give Tips directly to a teacher.  If so, that student is not anonymous and cannot be protected from disclosure to the subject of the Tip. 

Under the new system, Tips can be submitted 24/7 via the Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline 566-TIPS (8477) or on-line using the ANONYMOUS TIPS web page.  Now the student is completely anonymous and protected.  His or her identity cannot be disclosed, even in response to a Court subpoena, because information in the Crime Stoppers system is protected by law. 

This is NOT true of information in the School District system because that information is NOT protected by law.  Additionally, Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. will now pay all Campus rewards; so individual Campus programs do not need to raise those funds.  Finally, now Campus Crime Stoppers is truly a city-wide program.  Even if a school has no on-campus Crime Stoppers club, students can still call in a Tip anonymously and can still earn a cash reward for their information.  This is a win-win situation for everybody.


CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS
OF EL PASO SCHOOL DISTRICTS COVERED:
Click on the link to the right of each school district to be taken to their respective web page
Click on the Campuses link to see the schools that are in that particurlar school district

Student figures are for September, for the respective years.
Source, El Paso Time 09-16-07

Elementry, Middle, and High:

Anthony Independent School District (AISD)
(Campuses)
2007: 787
2006: 799
1996-97: 813

Canutillo Independent School District (CISD)
(Campuses)
2007: 5,665
2006: 5,505
1996-97: 4,518

Clint Independent School District (CISD)
(Campuses)
2007: 10,468
2006: 9,956
1996-97: 6,641

El Paso Independent School District (EPISD)
(Campuses)
2007: 61,849
2006: 62,892
1996-97: 64,444
Fabens Independent School District (FISD)
(Campuses)
2007: 2,518
2006: 2,488
1996-97: 2,827

San Elizario Independent School District (SEISD)

(Campuses)
2007: 3,786
2006: 3,760
1996-97: 3,416

Socorro Independent School District (SISD)
(Campuses)
2007: 38,949
2006: 38,390
1996-97: 21,098

Ysleta Independent School District (YISD)
(Campuses)
2007: 44,851
2006: 44,856
1996-97: 47,366

Colleges and Universities:

El Paso Community College (EPCC)
2007: 23,169
University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
2007: 20,154
2006: 19,842
2005: 19,264
2004: 18,918
2003: 18,542
2002: 17,232


HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS,
IN A NUT SHELL...

  • A crime is committed
  • Someone (a student) knows about the crime
  • They call Crime Stoppers @ 566-TIPS(8477) – anytime, 24/7
  • An operator takes down the information, gives a personal code #, and tells the caller to call the Crime Stoppers office (564-7086) at a later time
  • The operator sends the Crime Stoppers office the information
  • The Crime Stoppers office reviews the information and sends it to Law Enforcement Officers or to the School District Police to be handled
  • Subject is arrested or administrative action is taken
  • Officer or Administration lets the Crime Stoppers office know of the results
  • The Crime Stoppers office records information and response
  • At the next Student Board Meeting, the sponsor gives a very brief synopsis of what happened and asks for board approval to pay the informant
  • Using the reward schedule, a payment is approved.
  • The Sponsor sends a form signed by the board to the Crime Stoppers office and reward money is sent to Chase Bank branch for delivery to tipster in cash
  • The student at some point has returned the call and has found out that the information was good and that he/she can pick up their money at the bank
  • Student receives money
  • Stats are listed
  • ANOTHER CASE SOLVED!!!

Click on the EPCC logo below to be taken to their page for more information on the Campus Crime Stoppers program and to see how we are partnering with EPCC to help stop crime on our school campuses.


Some links to pages for kids:
Ok...maybe for some adults, who are just big kids too!

FBI Kids page

Mc Gruff games

Fema for Kids

Fed Stats Kid's page links

FDA Kids info

US Gov. Web Sites for Kids

Inside the Courtroom

US Dept. of the Interior - Just for Kids

White House Kids

Web Pages for Kids around the Government

Kidd Safety

Kids Health

USAF Kids (html) or USAF Kids (flash)

Kids Safety Zone

Safe Kids

Kid Safety Topics

FDA Kid's site

Sparky the Fire Dog


Tip LineCall our TIP LINE and earn a CASH REWARD of up to $1000

If you have information about a crime or the location of a fugitive, contact El Paso Crime Stoppers 24 hours a day, at:

915-566-TIPS (8477) or
877-566-TIPS (8477)
toll-free
Your call is always anonymous.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS


Following up on an on-line tip you already submitted, click below and follow the instructions.

www.tipsubmit.com

Once at the site, click on the button containing the following information (about middle of the web page):

Tipster Login for
Crime Stoppers Follow-up


   
   

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