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Jonathon Naylor Editor Flin Flon City Council hopes to take a bite out of crime with a donation to Manitoba Crime Stoppers. Council unanimously voted Tuesday to contribute 10 cents per resident _ $583.60 _ to the Winnipeg-based volunteer organization. Flin Flon RCMP have long cited Crime Stoppers as a valuable tool. Annual donations from municipal governments are the major source of funding for Crime Stoppers, which offers cash rewards for information leading to the apprehension of criminals. Council's decision came after they reviewed a letter from the program, asking for a standard 10-cent-per-resident donation. Crime Stoppers is a simple concept that has shown major results. Callers dial a toll-free number and relay any crime-related information they possess. That data is then passed on to the proper RCMP detachment, which uses it to investigate everything from drug dealing to hallway bullying. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to caller ID or other tracing services, and no names are ever required. Instead, callers are given an ID number. If information leads to the solving of a crime, the source provides the ID number to become eligible for a cash reward. Even the process of collecting the rewards, as high as $2,000, can be done anonymously. Priority But money isn't high on the priority list for most callers, as most never follow up about a possible reward. In the past 26 years, Manitoba Crime Stoppers has received thousands of tips from across the province, paying cash rewards totalling nearly $140,000. The total value of recoveries or seizures, such as stolen property or illegal drugs, during that time is nearly $40 million.
