Pikes Peak Crime Stoppers outlines anonymous-tip process, recent results to council
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Summary
Pikes Peak Crime Stoppers told the Colorado Springs City Council it received about 1,377 tips through Aug. 31, 2025, that led to 12 arrests and roughly $6,100 in paid rewards so far this year; the nonprofit asked council to help spread awareness of its anonymous tipline and new bench-ad campaign.
Pikes Peak Crime Stoppers told the Colorado Springs City Council on Sept. 8 that its anonymous-tip program had generated about 1,377 tips through Aug. 31, 2025, and that tips this year had led to 12 arrests and roughly $6,100 in paid rewards.
The presentation emphasized the group’s confidentiality protections and how tips move from a caller or web submission to law enforcement. “We are a Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation,” the Crime Stoppers representative said, describing the volunteer-run operation and its policy of not collecting caller ID or identifying information.
The organization described operations: volunteers take anonymous tips, assign a tip number and pass information to the appropriate law enforcement jurisdiction; if an arrest results, Crime Stoppers is notified and issues a cash reward by placing an envelope in a bank vault for anonymous pick-up. The group said recovered property this year totaled about $34,000, but did not provide a detailed itemization of the recovered goods during the presentation.
Why it matters: Council members responding to the presentation framed Crime Stoppers as a community tool for public safety. Council members asked about average reward amounts, whether tipsters can submit video evidence, and partnerships with neighborhood groups. The presenter said average rewards run about $400 and that the service can accept video submissions.
Council members and Crime Stoppers board members discussed outreach. The agency said it works with the Pikes Peak Humane Society on animal-cruelty tips, the Gazette on publishing most-wanted items, Downtown Partnership and the Home Builders Association on local deterrence efforts, and that it is launching a 20-bench bus-stop ad campaign starting Sept. 9 to boost tips through year end.
The presentation did not request city funding; the presenter said Crime Stoppers welcomed awareness and partnership. Council members thanked the presenters and described the program as a helpful channel for residents to share information while remaining anonymous.
The Council did not take formal action on the presentation.
