PRINTER'S NO. 3008
No. 245 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY BROUJOS, NAILOR, BORTNER, FARGO, BLAUM, PISTELLA,
GEIST, FAIRCHILD, RAYMOND, JOHNSON, SCHULER, COY, HERSHEY,
HERMAN, DIETTERICK, STRITTMATTER, NOYE, GIGLIOTTI, JADLOWIEC,
BATTISTO, RYBAK, MICHLOVIC, MARSICO, DISTLER, WAMBACH, PESCI,
J. L. WRIGHT, ROBINSON, HALUSKA, G. SNYDER, LESCOVITZ,
CARLSON, LINTON, GRUPPO, KAISER, JACKSON, NAHILL, BURD,
BLACK, CHADWICK, ARGALL, SALOOM, HARPER, TIGUE, HESS, DORR,
BOWLEY, McHALE, TANGRETTI, DeLUCA, MORRIS, LAUGHLIN,
KONDRICH, McVERRY, BELFANTI, HUGHES, CARN, SAURMAN, ANGSTADT,
ADOLPH, MELIO AND FARMER, JANUARY 29, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JANUARY 29, 1990
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating January 1990 as "Pennsylvania Crimestoppers Month."
2 WHEREAS, Crimestoppers is an International Organization with
3 over 450 units formed to help curb the crime rate in communities
4 by channelling information received to the proper authorities
5 for investigation; and
6 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers, a Pennsylvania not-for-
7 profit organization, will celebrate its fifth anniversary during
8 1990, having been formed in 1986 through the efforts of the
9 Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the Pennsylvania
10 Chiefs of Police Association, the Pennsylvania State Police, and
11 interested businesses and citizens of the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania; and
13 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers is under the direction of
1 a Board of Directors from the business community and concerned
2 citizens; and
3 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers' operations are managed
4 by the Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Community Affairs,
5 which handles telephone calls through 1-800-4-PA-TIPS, and which
6 distributes to appropriate law enforcement agencies all
7 information received for investigation; and
8 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers works in conjunction with
9 over 23 county and regional Crimestoppers organizations
10 throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and
11 WHEREAS, Since their inception, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers,
12 along with the county and regional organizations, have a record
13 of over 827 cases solved, 418 arrests made, $2,124,265 worth of
14 property recovered, $320,810 in narcotics recovered, and over
15 127 awards paid; and
16 WHEREAS, January is "National Crimestoppers Month"; therefore
17 be it
18 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
19 designate January 1990 as "Pennsylvania Crimestoppers Month" and
20 wholeheartedly commend Pennsylvania Crimestoppers and the county
21 and regional crimestopper organizations throughout this
22 Commonwealth for their efforts and success in helping to fight
23 and deter crime in Pennsylvania; and be it further
24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
25 urge public support of this worthy endeavor.
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