PRINTER'S NO. 1644
No. 122 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, O'PAKE, LEMMOND, AFFLERBACH, ROBBINS,
SALVATORE, TOMLINSON, SCHWARTZ, SLOCUM AND HART,
FEBRUARY 4, 1998
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, FEBRUARY 4, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating February 1998 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 channeling information received to the proper authorities for
5 investigation; and
6 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers, a Pennsylvania not-for-
7 profit organization, was formed in 1986 through the efforts of
8 the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the
9 Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, the Pennsylvania
10 State Police and interested and concerned businesses and
11 citizens of this Commonwealth; and
12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers is under the direction of
13 a board of directors from the business community and citizens;
14 and
15 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers works in conjunction with
16 over 25 county and regional Crimestoppers organizations
17 throughout this Commonwealth; and
1 WHEREAS, Since its inception, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers,
2 along with its county and regional organizations, has paid out
3 over $260,000 in rewards and has produced more than 440 arrests;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers has proven to be a
6 positive force in bringing businesses, residents and police
7 together in communities from the Poconos to Pittsburgh in the
8 fight against crime and for public safety; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate February 1998 as
10 "Pennsylvania Crimestoppers Month" and urge citizens and
11 businesses to work with each other and with their local police
12 to help make their communities safer.
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