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It\u2019s the news we know you don\u2019t want to read about.\u00a0 Drive-bys.\u00a0 Shootings.\u00a0 Homicides.\u00a0 But unfortunately, it seems to be the new norm.\u00a0 And that simply is not acceptable.<\/p>\nWritten by Trish Routte, Coordinator Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the news we know you don\u2019t want to read about.\u00a0 Drive-bys.\u00a0 Shootings.\u00a0 Homicides.\u00a0 But unfortunately, it seems to be the new norm.\u00a0 And that simply is not acceptable.<\/p>\n
However, peace is possible and there is a way that individuals can help make their community safer and bring the violence to an end.\u00a0 And it\u2019s all anonymous.\u00a0 That answer is Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n
We are fully aware that a good number of people who are in the know about criminal activity don\u2019t want to be seen conversing the law enforcement officers.\u00a0 However, anyone who has information on these acts of violence has a moral obligation to say something and report what they know.\u00a0 If speaking one on one with a deputy isn\u2019t something people want to do, they can simply pick up the phone, log onto a computer or text Crime Stoppers \u2013 and nobody will ever know that they did the right thing.<\/p>\n
The process is simple.\u00a0 If you have information on a crime, wanted person, etc., call 1-800-780-TIPS (8477).\u00a0 You\u2019ll be asked a series of questions about the information you have and our call takers will ask questions that you may not even think are important \u2013 but could be critical during the course of a criminal investigation.\u00a0 At the conclusion of the call, you\u2019ll be given a code number \u2013 and that\u2019s the only way we\u2019ll know who you are.\u00a0 We don\u2019t record calls, we don\u2019t have caller ID and we will NEVER ask for your name or any questions which could lead to your identification.\u00a0 We then pass that information along to law enforcement.\u00a0 If your tip leads to an arrest, we pay out rewards in cash.\u00a0 And it\u2019s all by using that code number.\u00a0 If computers are more your thing, you can log onto www.swflcrimestoppers.org<\/a> and provide a tip online.\u00a0 A form is provided and you can fill in the blanks with all the information you have on a particular crime or criminal activity.\u00a0 When you hit the submit button, your code number will be generated.\u00a0 With the online tip submission, you also have the opportunity to communicate back and forth with Crime Stoppers staff.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a perfect world, we would have a deputy on every corner, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.\u00a0 But our world isn\u2019t perfect, which is why law enforcement counts on the community to be those extra sets of eyes and ears.\u00a0 We all want to live in a neighborhood that is safe, where kids can go outside and play without parents having to worry about a drive-by shooting.\u00a0 If you see something, say something.\u00a0 There are cash rewards provided for information that leads to an arrest, but at the end of the day, it\u2019s just the right thing to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written by Trish Routte, Coordinator Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers It\u2019s the news we know you don\u2019t want to read about.\u00a0 Drive-bys.\u00a0 Shootings.\u00a0 Homicides.\u00a0 But unfortunately, it seems to be the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}