PRINTER'S NO. 1857
No. 129 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SHUMAKER, JUBELIRER, ROCKS, WENGER, HOPPER,
REGOLI, MADIGAN, MELLOW, LEWIS, RHOADES, MUSTO, BODACK,
SALVATORE, AFFLERBACH, REIBMAN, STOUT, O'PAKE, PORTERFIELD
AND PECORA, JANUARY 23, 1990
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 23, 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
14 a Board of Directors from the business community and concerned
15 citizens; and
16 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers' operations are managed
1 by the Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Community Affairs,
2 which handles telephone calls through 1-800-4-PA-TIPS, and which
3 distributes to appropriate law enforcement agencies all
4 information received for investigation; and
5 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers works in conjunction with
6 over 23 county and regional Crimestoppers organizations
7 throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and
8 WHEREAS, Since their inception, Pennsylvania Crimestoppers,
9 along with the county and regional organizations, have a record
10 of over 827 cases solved, 418 arrests made, $2,124,265 worth of
11 property recovered, $320,810 in narcotics recovered, and over
12 127 awards paid; and
13 WHEREAS, January is "National Crimestoppers Month"; therefore
14 be it
15 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania designate January
16 1990 as "Pennsylvania Crimestoppers Month" and wholeheartedly
17 commend Pennsylvania Crimestoppers and the county and regional
18 crimestopper organizations throughout this Commonwealth for
19 their efforts and success in helping to fight and deter crime in
20 Pennsylvania; and be it further
21 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania urge public support
22 of this worthy endeavor.
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