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Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers asks Fountain residents to share tips; group cites increased tips and recoveries
Summary
Don Addie, chairman of Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers, briefed the council on the anonymous tip program, said tips and arrests are up, and asked the community to use the tipline (crimestop.net) to help reduce crime.
Don Addie, chairman of Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers, told the Fountain City Council that the nonprofit operates an anonymous tipline serving El Paso and Teller counties and partners with law enforcement to forward tips for investigation.
Addie described three reasons people use the tipline — fear of reprisal, apathy and the incentive of a reward — and said anonymity is protected by statute so tip records cannot be subpoenaed to identify callers. He told the council the program has increased tip volume and is seeing results: "The number of tips that you're seeing there, 1,476, has been increased lately. Our tips at the October is now over 2,000," he said, and added that the group has paid out $7,500 in rewards and recovered over $34,000 in stolen property this year.
Addie listed partners including the Gazette, downtown partnerships and the Humane Society, and encouraged the council to promote awareness and neighborhood-watch programs. Council members thanked the group and asked for the website (crimestop.net) to be shared for residents online.
