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HICKS WHO WAS ALSO SHOT.
HE IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER.
PEOPLE AT CRIME STOPPERS SAY
TIP OFFICERS LEAVE THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS UNCOLLECTED EACH YEAR.
UNCLAIMED REWARD MONEY
REACHED $15,000 FOR THE CRIME
FIGHTING PROGRAM IN 2011.
JULIAN GRACE IS LIVE ON WHY SOME
OF THE MONEY IS NOT CLAIMED.
THAT APPEARS TO BE THE
MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.
CRIME STOPPERS SAY SOME PEOPLE
WANT PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND
THAT'S WHY THEY TURN THEM IN.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACES
OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE ON THE
RUN AND WHO VANISH WITHOUT A
TRACE, BUT IT'S THE ANONYMOUS
TIPSTER THAT USUALLY SHAPES THE
LIGHT ON THE SUSPECT'S
WHEREABOUTS.
UNLESS THE TIPSTER GIVES
THEIR IDENTITY UP, IN 25 YEARS,
WE'VE NEVER GIVEN THE IDENTITY
UP, SO THEY'RE VERNON MOUSE.
THIS IS THE WAY TO GIVE AN
ANONYMOUS TIP.
REWARD FOR INFORMATION
LEADING TO ARREST LEAD FROM
$50.1000, DEPENDING ON THE
CRIME.
SOMETIMES, THE CASH IS NEVER
HANDED OVER, BECAUSE THE TIPSTER
DOESN'T CALL BACK.
WE'LL TRY TO GIVE THEM THEIR
CODE WORD SO OH WE DON'T KNOW
WHO THEY ARE AND THEY HANG UP.
THEY SAY I DON'T WANT THE
REWARD.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE THE
INFORMATION.
THEN THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN GET
THE REWARD, BECAUSE THEY DON'T
HAVE THE CODE WORD.
THE REWARD MONEY IS RAISED
THROUGH FUNDRAISERS LIKE THE
ANNUAL SHRED IT EVENT AND
DONATIONS, AND TRYING TO
DETERMINE WHY SOME NEVER CALL
BACK TO COLLECT ON THE PAYDAY
LEFT INVESTIGATORS WITH ONE
ANSWER.
IT MEANS THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT WANT TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT
REALIZE THAT SOME OF THESE
PEOPLE JUST PLAIN NEED TO BE
GOTTEN OFF THE STREET.
TIP OFFICERS HAVE SIX MONTHS
TO CLAIM THE MONEY.
IF THEY DON'T, IT GOES BACK INTO
THE CRIME STOPPER FUND, TO
HOPEFULLY GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A
REWARD WHO HAS CREDIBLE
INFORMATION.
NOT A BAD IDEA IF THAT IS HOW
IT HAS TO WORK.
HOW DOES CRIME STOPPERS WHAT
AMOUNT TO REWARD EACH TIP?
IT'S A LONG STATISTICAL
PROCESS.
THEY TOLD THAT YOU SAY THEY USE
A METRIC SYSTEM THAT JUDGES EACH
CRIME.
SAY FOR INSTANCE, A THEFT WOULD
PROBABLY GET $50, BUT UNSOLVED
*** WOULD POSSIBLY GET
$1,000.