Chicago PD Launches a Crime Stoppers Component to the CLEAR Path Web Site

CPD has recently launched a Crime Stoppers component to the CLEAR Path web site which is now available at www.ChicagoPolice.org. On the site you can subscribe to receive Crime Stoppers wanted posters for your business or organization that span the geographic boundaries of your police district, police area or the entire city. You can also find a gallery of current wanted posters that you can download and distribute. This Crime Stoppers component is a partnership between CPD and the Cook County Crime Stoppers not-for-profit organization and is designed to promote citizen involvement in solving crimes. Registration is quick and easy and rewards are offered for your tips - even the FOP has teamed up with CPD to offer an additional $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer of fallen officer Jose Vazquez.

Cook County Crime Stoppers brings together citizens, law enforcement agencies, businesses and the media to fight felony-level crime. It encourages people to anonymously report tips on crime and thereby be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000. People can call 800-535-STOP  or 311 any time, any day to report their tips. Callers never have to give their name, just their information. Crime Stoppers gets these tips to the proper law enforcement agency for action. Since its launch in 1986, Crime Stoppers has helped federal, state and local law enforcement agencies recover over $23 million in property and illegal narcotics. Crime Stoppers has programs to combat illegal gun possession and use, domestic violence, fraud, illegal drug and gang activity, auto theft, campus violence and felony-level animal abuse, among others.