crimestoppers
Citizen reporting program
Crimestoppers refers to programs that allow anonymous tipsters to report criminal activity, often in exchange for cash rewards.
The name typically appears as a proper noun for specific organizations: Call Crimestoppers if you have information about this robbery.
The concept relies on community involvement in law enforcement without requiring witnesses to identify themselves.
Direct emergency phone connection
- tiplineAnonymous crime reporting channel
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- rewardPayment for service
- policeCivil law enforcement
partnership · nonprofit · community · program · chapter · volunteer · coordinator · billboard
End or gratuity
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- witnessOne who attests
- callerOne who phones
- anonymousOf unknown origin
evidence · lead · information · sighting · description · suspect · vehicle · footage
Large outdoor advertising structure
- posterDisplayed printed notice
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
reenactment · mugshot · wanted · case · unsolved · episode · segment · news
State of perceiving reality
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- safetyFreedom from harm
- educationSystematic development of mind
vigilance · deterrent · community · patrol · surveillance · signage · lighting · intervention
hotline
Direct emergency phone connection
police · partnership · nonprofit · community · program · chapter · volunteer · coordinator · billboard · campaign
tip
End or gratuity
anonymous · evidence · lead · information · sighting · description · suspect · vehicle · footage · reward
billboard
Large outdoor advertising structure
- posterDisplayed printed notice
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
broadcast · reenactment · mugshot · wanted · case · unsolved · episode · segment · news · alert
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- watchPortable timekeeping device
- safetyFreedom from harm
education · vigilance · deterrent · community · patrol · surveillance · signage · lighting · intervention · youth
crimestopperscriminal organization
Coordinated unlawful group
criminal enterprise · organized crime · crime syndicate · criminal syndicate · mafia
crimestoppersaccomplices
Partners in crime
lookouts · fences · harboring fugitives · corrupt officials · omertà
crime, stopper, crimes, criminal, criminally, criminality, criminalize, criminalized, criminalizes