We give people the power to speak and stop crime anonymously.
By providing information that Crime Stoppers will share with law enforcement agencies, you are providing an important and valuable public service.
Each local Crime Stoppers chapter is a registered charitable society working with citizens, the media and law enforcement agencies to make their community safe.
We encourage people to share information about criminal activity, especially crimes such as illicit drug manufacturing, wanted persons, and illegal firearms.
Our Board is comprised of volunteers from across the province representing local Crime Stoppers programs, police services and other crime prevention partners.
The Board meets monthly to discuss new Crime Stoppers initiatives, community outreach activities and issues facing local programs.
The Crime Stoppers program was the brainchild of Canadian-born Detective Greg MacAleese in Albuquerque New Mexico in 1976. There are now more than 1700 Crime Stoppers programs worldwide in 32 countries.
The first Crime Stoppers chapter was established in BC in 1982. BC Crime Stoppers is an independent not-for-profit registered charity representing the independent community-based chapters throughout BC.
Our mandate is to work with the local Crime Stoppers chapters to engage the public to provide information about crimes anonymously. We deliver that information to the appropriate law enforcement agency, so that a crime – or potential crime – can be solved.
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. Help us to help you by reading and understanding the Crime Stoppers promise of anonymity.
No matter which method you use your anonymity is protected if the information you provide is submitted in good faith. We don’t use call display. We don’t want your name, phone number or email address – we only want your information. You could receive a cash reward of up to $2000 upon an arrest and charge.
By providing information that Crime Stoppers will share with law enforcement agencies, you are providing an important and valuable public service. We fully understand that disclosure of your identity might put you at risk and we do everything we can to protect your anonymity. However, that anonymity may be open to challenge in the following situations:
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.There is evidence that disclosure of some or all of a tip is necessary to establish someone’s innocence.
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.
