Crime Stoppers Wins 2007 Media Award from the Ontario Crime Stoppers Association

This article ran in Wheatley Journal in May 2006 and highlighted vandalism at the Talbot Trail Golf Club in Wheatley that caused over $20,000 in damages to the course and buildings.

The article, which was initiated by Crime Stoppers, proved successful as 6 young offenders and two adults were identified through tips to Crime Stoppers. As a result the two adults where charged with several offences and later plead guilty at court.

Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers wins Provincial Awards

At the recent Ontario Association of Crime Stoppers annual conference held in Richmond Hill the Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers program won the following awards:

Special Project Award

The Special Project Award was awarded for the Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers School Mural Project. This project involved a Trillium Foundation Grant for a two phased program involving Chatham-Kent's Secondary Schools. Each school was asked to create a mural, designed by the students, to reflect their school, their community and include a message of good citizenship, sound decision making and an anti-crime message. Crime Stoppers provided each school with all of the necessary supplies as well as the expertise of local mural artist Penelope Duchesne, who acted as a consultant for the teachers and students, to create their mural.

The results were incredible. Each school produced unique and incredible pieces of art that have become permanent fixtures of their school.

In the second phase of the program every secondary school student (7,500) in Chatham-Kent received a carabineer key ring displaying the Crime Stopper and Trillium Foundation Logo as well as our 1-800-222-TIPS phone number.

Best Crime of the Week Appeal in the Print Media

This article ran in Chatham Daily News on May 3rd, 2005 and highlighted the break, enter and theft of camera equipment from the Family Support and Resource Network in Chatham

The article, which was initiated by Crime Stoppers, proved successful when the missing property was located and returned to the police. The three suspects were identified but were not charged by the Police

Best Feature Coverage of Crime Stoppers in the Radio Media

This submission was broadcasted on BLACKBURN RADIO INC. between October 10th and October 16th, 2005.

The broadcast ran 4 times a day and featured a public service announcement to the citizens of the eastern part of community. This area was being overrun by break and enters, and it was obvious from the items that were stolen and methods used by the thieves that these thefts were being done by an organized group. The submission also contained a reminder to the citizens of Chatham-Kent to lock their sheds, barns and garages as well as a plea to call Crime Stoppers with suspect information.

The broadcast resulted in numerous calls to Crime Stoppers of possible suspects. As a result 8 suspects were arrested, $340,000 in stolen
property and $100,000 in drugs were seized

The Board of Directors for the Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers programme would like to thank the support of all our Media Partners, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the students of Chatham-Kent's Secondary Schools and Penelope Duchesne for their enthusiasm and creativity; helping make the Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers programme one of the best in the province. Together we can make it happen!!

Diane Flook, Trillium Foundation, Sandy Braendle, Trillium Foundation
Program Manager, David Bakker, Crime Stoppers Coordinator and Penelope
Duchesne with the OACS 2005 Special Project Award.

At the International Crime Stoppers Conference held in Cincinnati,
Ohio in September 2004 we received the following International Awards:

1st place Radio Award: Radio News Story

CKSY/CFCO/CKUE

This award was presented for the broadcast of a Crime of the Week,
produced by Shannon Medaglia, written by Jay Baker and voiced by George
Brooks, promoting Operation Pot Spot.

1st place Radio Award: Radio Feature Report

CKSY/CFCO/CKUE

This award was presented for a three part series, produced by Shannon
Medaglia, written by Jay Baker and voiced by George Brooks, on frauds
that were occurring in our community

At the Ontario Association Crime Stoppers Conference held in Sudbury,
Ontario we received the following awards:

1st place Print Media: Best Crime of the Week Appeal

Ridgetown Independent News

This award was presented for the printing of a two page Crime of the
Week feature by, Sheila McBrayne. The story reported a serious crime of
the week as well as several unsolved crimes from the previous year.

1st place Television Media: Best Special Feature

The New WI News Team

This award was presented for the broadcast of a feature story by Rick
Walker on Operation Pot Spot program and marihuana eradication in
Chatham-Kent.

We believe that the reason that our program continues to enjoy world-class success is because of the tremendous teamwork of the media, the public and the police in our community. This is a perfect example of our motto “together we can make it happen”.

Some quick facts. Tips to our office have resulted in the following:

• We received 2296 calls last year and have received 17692 calls since inception in April of 1987.

• We had 256 arrests last year and have 4269 since inception.

• We had 812 charges last year and have 10593 since inception.

• We had 238 cases cleared last year and have 7058 since inception.

• We recovered $327,029.00 in property last year and have $6,239,294.00 since inception.

• Also seized was $7,627,137.00 in drugs. Since inception we have had $67,304,274.00 worth of drugs seized.

• Thus a total seizure and recovery of $73,543,568.00 since inception