January is Crime Stopper’s Month and the East Kootenay Crime Stoppers will once again be working towards public awareness of their program by holding their sixth annual Tipster Frisbee Toss at the Kootenay ICE home game tonight, January 3 versus the Swift Current Broncos.

For $2 a Frisbee or three Frisbees for $5, participants can purchase a Frisbee to be tossed to the ice surface during the break between the second and third period for a chance to win some great prizes.

Crime Stoppers is based on the principle that, “Someone other than the criminal has information that can help solve a crime.”

Crime Stoppers is not a police program but a partnership involving the police, the community and the media with the aim of solving crime and keeping our streets safe.

Crime Stoppers is a nonprofit organization, responsible for creating public awareness, raising funds and the disbursement of rewards. Crime Stoppers – through the use of 1-800-227-TIPS telephone line and the Internet, provides a way for citizens to anonymously supply tips with information about a crime, a potential crime or terrorism activities. Cash rewards are offered to the people who call the program and provide information, which leads to an arrest.

Crime Stoppers TIPS worldwide have resulted in the recovery of billions of dollars in stolen property and narcotics. Since the inception of East Kootenay Crime Stoppers in May 1991, $4,300,000 in drugs alone never made it to the streets in the East Kootenay. Over $800,000 in drugs was seized in 2013 alone.

In addition, 145 arrests have been made from the TIPS received, 190 police cases have been cleared and over $318,000 in stolen property has been recovered.

Over the past years, the East Kootenay CS Tipster Frisbee Toss has raised nearly $5,000 for the program.

East Kootenay Crime Stoppers encourage you to come out on January 3, for an evening of exciting WHL Hockey and a chance to win:

Landmark Cinema Movie Passes

12 Autographed Kootenay Ice sticks

2 Toyota jacket and items
Queen Comforter and accessories

HD Competition Dartboard

Two dinners and eight Yuk Yuk passes

Dewalt Jobsite Radio

Monarch Chair
 and other great prizes.

East Kootenay Crime Stoppers wishes to acknowledge and thank our sponsors and the Kootenay ICE Hockey Club for making this fundraiser/public awareness event possible.

Somebody out there knows! Leave a Crime Stoppers Tip at: 1-800-227-TIPS (8477) or the website – https://cintek.com/crimestoppers/

Eric Ausman, EKCS Coordinator

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