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This year, Crime Stoppers is celebrating its 12th anniversary since inception in 1999. Since that time, the Chamber has continued to be a supporter of the organization. At present, having undergone several changes it remains a fully independent entity. Today, the Chamber takes the opportunity to congratulate Crime Stoppers for its role in crime fighting in Trinidad and Tobago.

Crime Stoppers was established at a time when Trinidad and Tobago began seeing increases in its murder rates and also started grappling with the ‘newer’ crimes such as kidnapping. Today, more than ever the organization remains of utmost relevance, given the present level of crime and its impact on the conduct of business in T&T.

It is no news that the Police Service is suffering from a crisis of confidence. Community intelligence is critically low, as the public perception is that there are pockets of corrupt officers within the force, therefore information provided to them is insecure. It is here that organizations such Crime Stoppers play such a crucial role, providing an avenue to give information confidentially and to track it’s progress.

By simply calling Crime Stoppers, each citizen can become involved in helping to reduce crime in our country.

On average, just over 100 persons are arrested annually as a result of tips received through Crime Stoppers. Since inception more than 15,500 tips had been received and in excess of 1,200 arrests made. In addition, in excess of $11.9 million worth of stolen property was been recovered, and 7,228 cases cleared. Pretty good results for a civilian-based organization. This certainly confirms that the programme is working, but given the continued unsatisfactory levels of crime and a detection rate of merely 12-14%, it would be good to see more engagement from the public.

The strength of the Crime Stoppers programme is its confidentiality. It has been operating around the world for almost 35 years, accepting anonymous tips and relaying them to authorities, and the identity of a person has never been breached. It supports the work of the police by
passing to them all the tips received, since they are the ones with the resources, expertise and mandate to follow up on these leads.

The T&T arm is supported by Crime Stoppers International with knowledge sharing of over 1,200 similar programmes in more than 25 countries worldwide. It is funded by donations and goodwill from corporate T&T, the Government and other fundraising activities.

Recently, Crime Stoppers improved its website at www.crimestopperstt.com making it easier to submit online tips if this method is preferred. The software for submitting tips has been in use worldwide for several years and is guaranteed secure and anonymous as submitted information is encrypted directly into the application.
Tipsters can return to securely add information to the original tip or ask about rewards. In addition, a Facebook page has been established where
discussion is facilitated, but no tips taken. The organization is currently exploring even newer, more innovative ways to carry out its mandate with our younger more technology savvy citizens.

As the Chamber joins with Crime Stoppers in celebrating its 12th anniversary we look forward to even better results as the lives of our citizens are improved.

The Seventh Meeting of the UN Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA) held in Geneva last month suggested that to more effectively counter organised crime member countries should adopt “a law enforcement multi-agency, intelligence led approach of working with key partners in the private sector”.

Its report added: “In seeking ways to generate information from the public the Crime Stoppers initiative, which brings together the community, the media, and the police, has proven to be effective in a number of countries.” Since May 2005, Crime Stoppers International has been granted a special consultative status by the United Nations, which allows CSI to work with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Interpol and Europol.

The report stated further that it considered “Crime Stoppers to be a proven method of securing information to assist in the development of intelligence and as an aid to the law enforcement investigation process”. Last year, Crime Stoppers International celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, and over that period it has been able to promote the concept of through some 1,200 Crime Stoppers programmes in over 22 countries worldwide.

Since 1999, the Crime Stoppers initiative has been operating in Trinidad and Tobago, with a 24-hour Call Centre offering the public a safe and confidential system to provide information on crime in their communities.
Based upon the information provided by that the Trinidad and Tobago public, Crime Stoppers has assisted the protective services in the seizure of over $210 million worth of narcotics and the recovery of $3.9 million worth of stolen property.