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Police present Crime Stoppers tipline for Lynchburg schools; committee advances proposal to full board
Summary
The committee heard a Crime Stoppers presentation proposing an anonymous tipline/app for Lynchburg City Schools at no cost to the district. Police emphasized call/app anonymity and vetting of tips; the committee voted to advance the proposal to the full board for consideration and asked staff to work out phone-use and Chromebook-access logistics.
Sergeant Barbara Gibson of the Lynchburg Police Department presented a proposal to introduce Crime Stoppers anonymous reporting (call line, text, and mobile app) to Lynchburg City Schools during the finance and facilities committee meeting on Nov. 7.
Gibson said Crime Stoppers is a nonprofit regional program that has operated locally since 2000. She told the committee the program would provide a phone number, texting and an app that would allow anonymous tips at no cost to…
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