Crime Stoppers began in Albuquerque, New Mexico in September 1976 when concerned citizens joined with local media and law enforcement in an effort to help curb crime. Individuals calling with information leading to the arrest of a person or persons involved in felony offenses were paid a cash reward. To preserve program integrity, informants were never required to give their names.
The Crime Stoppers program has enjoyed tremendous success, boasting an average conviction rate of 95% on cases solved by Crime Stoppers’ tips. Today, there are more than 1,200 Crime Stoppers programs in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Central America, and the Caribbean. Collectively, these programs have solved more than half a million crimes, and recovered about $7 billion in stolen property and narcotics worldwide.
In this same tradition, Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County utilizes information from anonymous tipsters to arrest felony offenders. Since its inception in 1982 in Tarrant County, Crime Stoppers has paid more than $3 million in rewards and recovered over $36.5 million in property and narcotics. Additionally, over 14,447 offenders have been arrested, with more than 34,732 cases cleared.
Crime Stoppers benefits everyone – adults, children, small business owners… the list is as long as it is diverse.
Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County takes tips for all municipalities and school districts in Tarrant County; helping to ensure the safety of more than 1.9 million citizens. Crime Stoppers relies primarily on grants and probation fees to operate.
Crime Stoppers helps to reduce crime – and the fear of crime – in homes, schools, businesses, and communities countywide. Essential to continued public safety, Crime Stoppers is the only program of its kind.
Based on the theory that someone other than the offender has information regarding crime, Crime Stoppers was created to combat three major problems faced by law enforcement: fear of reprisal, an attitude of apathy, and a reluctance to get involved. Crime Stoppers addresses these obstacles by offering anonymity to people who provide information about a crime and paying rewards when the information supplied leads to an arrest.
All tips submitted through the Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County hotline, online forms, live chat, and/or mobile apps are sent to the Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County Call Center. The call center is staffed by off-duty public safety dispatchers and other trained personnel, who take calls and online submissions and then disseminate the tip information to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation. Each caller will receive a tip number to be used in all future correspondence. Every tipster remains ANONYMOUS; callers do not have to identify themselves. A reward of up to $1,000 will be offered to anyone who provides a tip that leads to an arrest for a crime or a criminal case cleared.
Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County is a program of One Safe Place. The program is governed by the Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County Standing Committee, acting under the expressed authority of the One Safe Place Board of Directors.
Members of the Standing Committee are:
Andy Corso, Chair, ret. Fort Worth Housing Authority
Robert DeAnda, Arlington ISD
Terry Hazle, Cash America International
Michele Meitl, Secretary, TCU
Perry Pillow, Vice Chair, Apartment Association of Tarrant County
Al Piper, Pro-Source Insurance Agency, LLC
Debbie Schroeder, Treasurer, TCU, ret. Community Supervision & Corrections Department
Vicki Warren, Fort Worth ISD
2021 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2020 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 45,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2020 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 45,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2020 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2020 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2019 Productivity Award – Most Cases, Student Population more than 45,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2018-2019 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 45,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2018-2019 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 45,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2019 Best Website from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2018 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2017-2018 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 50,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2017 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2017 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2016-2017 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 45,000+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2016-2017 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 45,000+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2016 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2016 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2015-2016 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 45,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2015-2016 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 45,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2015 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2015 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2014-2015 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2014-2015 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2014 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2014 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2013-2014 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2013-2014 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2013 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2013 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2012-2013 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2012-2013 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2012-2013 Innovative Publicity Award from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2012 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2012 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2011-2012 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2011-2012 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2011 Best Website from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2011 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2010-2011 Campus Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2010-2011 Campus Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population 65,001+ from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2010 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2009 Productivity Award - Most Cases Cleared, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2009 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2008 Productivity Award - Greatest Dollar Recovery, Population more than 1,000,000 from Office of the Governor, Texas Crime Stoppers Advisory Council
2007 Business Partnership Award from Arlington Police Department
Programs
Friends for Life
Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County serves the following Tarrant County municipalities: Arlington, Azle, Bedford, Benbrook, Blue Mound, Colleyville, Crowley, Dalworthington Gardens, Edgecliff Village, Euless, Everman, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Haltom City, Haslet, Hurst, Keller, Kennedale, Lake Worth, Lakeside, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Pantego, Pelican Bay, Richland Hills, River Oaks, Saginaw, Sansom Park, Southlake, Unincorporated Tarrant County, Watauga, Westlake, Westover Hills, Westworth Village and White Settlement.
Crime Stoppers tipsters are 100% anonymous. Often those who witness a crime, see or hear suspicious behavior or talk, or suspect someone of wrong-doing won’t reach out in fear “being involved” in a crime, of retaliation or having to appear in court. Crime Stoppers’ system is set up to be 100% anonymous and confidential, giving every citizen the safety and freedom to make their community a better place to live.
Adults: submit a community tip Students: submit a campus tip
iTunes App: from the App Store iTunes Student App: from the App Store
Android App: Google Play Store Android Student App: Google Play Store
Just as calling Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County is 100% anonymous, so is using the app. P3 Intel is the next generation multi-lingual tip management system allowing the public to submit secure and anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers programs and law enforcement with complete confidence. Ongoing two-way dialog and image and video upload are also possible with P3 Intel, facilitating a strong and effective Community Oriented Policing initiative. Download the P3 Tips mobile app today.
iTunes App: from the App Store Android App: Google Play Store
The Campus Crime Stoppers & Friends for Life of Tarrant County app is a school safety technology that allows students, parents, and community members to submit secure & anonymous safety concerns in Tarrant County schools. Secure intel, ongoing two-way dialog, and photo and video upload features sent to the Crime Stoppers of Tarrant County Call Center enable school personnel and law enforcement to receive the most accurate information in order to create effective interventions and prevent violence and tragedies. Download the CCS FFL mobile app today.