Crime doesn't pay,
But Crime Stoppers Does!
Be advised, if your intent is to use our reporting platform as an avenue to threaten or cause harm to any person, place or thing; or for any other illegal purpose other than to legitimately report a crime you will not be protected by Crime Stoppers Privilege.
Do not send any sexually explicit images or videos because they will be forwarded directly to law enforcement and the sender’s anonymity cannot be assured. These will not be treated as a Crime Stoppers tip and will not be eligible for a reward.
Keep yourself anonymous.
After submitting your tip, you will be provided with your own unique ID number that you will use when checking the status of your tip or picking up your reward.
Do not tell people you are a tipster. Keep your electronic device you used to call or e-submit secure with a password. Do not share your password information.
If you are concerned about the St. Thomas Crime Stoppers web address showing up in your browsing history follow the instructions below to activate a privacy feature on your browser of choice.
Internet Explorer
To activate inPrivate Browsing, select ‘Tools’ from the bar at the top of the browser window and ‘inPrivate Browsing’ will be one of the options available. To clear browser history, select ‘Tools’ again and then ‘Delete Browsing History’.
Firefox
To activate Private Browsing, select ‘Tools’ from the bar at the top of the browser window and ‘Start Private Browsing’ will be one of the options available. To clear browser history select ‘Tools’ again and then ‘Clear Recent History’.
Chrome
Click on the blue wrench icon near the top right-hand corner of the browser window and select ‘New Incognito Window’ To clear browser history, click on the blue wrench icon again and select ‘Clear Browsing Data’
Rewards program.
Rewards are available for any caller who provides information leading to the arrest and charge of a suspect.
Not every piece of information is eligible for a reward, and not every caller wants a reward – in fact, our statistics indicate that less than 40% of callers who can claim a reward actually do so. All rewards are paid without compromising a caller’s anonymity.
If a caller to the Crime Stoppers office is eligible for a reward, the caller is given a code number, then asked to call back on a given date and pick-up location.
Tips that lead to the arrest and charge of a suspect, as well as the recovery of stolen property and drugs, are eligible for cash rewards of up to $2,000, which are paid to tipsters on an anonymous basis.
If the information brings about an arrest and charge, a reward is authorized by the Board of Directors. When the tipster calls back, they will be informed of the location to pick up their reward anonymously. They will go to the location on a given date and quote the code numbers to the staff.
The reward will then be paid in cash, with no signature or personal details supplied.
In this way, Crime Stoppers continues to protect your identity and ensure your anonymity.
Disclaimer
By providing information that Crime Stoppers will share with law enforcement agencies, you are providing an important and valuable public service. We understand that disclosure of your identity might put you at risk. We do everything we can to protect your anonymity. However, that anonymity may be open to challenge in the following situations:
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A call to Crime Stoppers made with the intention of “furthering criminal activity or interfering with the administration of justice”. A party who is guilty of a crime cannot use Crime Stoppers to try to divert the blame onto someone else. Crime Stoppers cannot be used to try to “frame” an innocent person.
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There is evidence that disclosure of some or all of a tip is necessary to establish someone’s innocence.
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A tipster having received the benefit of full legal advice may, for his or her own reasons, elect to waive the privilege.
For a fuller explanation of these principles, help us to help you by reading and understanding the “Tipster Information” on the Canadian Crime Stoppers website.