Use our Tip Line at 1-800-222-8477 or Use our Online Form

PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS FROM

Cyber Bullying
Teen Violence
Illegal Drugs
Sexual Assault
Date Rape
Gang activities
Human Trafficking
Thefts and Robberies

Crime Stoppers Niagara is committed to making our cities a safer, happier place in which to live, work and play.

In addition to our Crime Stoppers Tip Line, safety presentations are offered to students with an underlining message of good citizenship and keeping themselves safe, parents are presented with tools and tips for keeping their child safe and training is available to school staff and school-based law enforcement officers to assist in keeping students and schools safe.

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Don’t Close Your Eyes To Human Trafficking

Child victims of trafficking are often exploited for sexual purposes, including prostitution, pornography and sex tourism. They are also exploited for forced labour, including domestic servitude, sweatshop factory work and migrant farming.

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We Keep Your Kids Safe At School

Crime Stoppers of Niagara Safe School Program has been keeping schools safe by providing students with a safe and anonymous way to report crime and potential dangers on their campus and in their community. In addition to our Tip Line, safety presentations are offered to students with an underlining message of good citizenship and keeping themselves safe, parents are presented with tools and tips for keeping their child safe and training is available to school staff and school-based law enforcement officers to assist in keeping students and schools safe. The Safe School Program educates students from grade 1 to grade 12 in Niagara Regional school districts, including private and catholic schools.

For elementary students, presentations are video based and cover topics related to personal safety and anti-victimization. Important child safety tips are shared with parents.

For middle and high school students, the goal of the program is to educate students on crime prevention, current trends in criminal activity, how to identify threats to the school campus, and how to safely and anonymously report criminal activity through our Tip Line Program.

WHEN TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS?

Maybe you overheard someone bragging about having committed a crime. Maybe you know someone who is driving a stolen car… or is hiding from the police… or is a robber or drug dealer. Or maybe you just see something that doesn’t look right. A strange car. A person acting sneaky. Someone carrying a gun or knife or keeping a weapon in their locker. If you aren’t sure that what you saw or heard is really a crime, call anyway. We’ll pass the tip on to our law enforcement partners and they can decide if its worth investigating. It may be a piece of a clue to a major crime.

ANONYMITY GUARANTEED

CONTACTING CRIME STOPPERS – 24/7

HOW CRIME STOPPERS WORKS

CONTACTING CRIME STOPPERS – 24/7

Step 1

Call our direct line at 1 800 222 TIPS (8477). You will be assigned a special code number (PIN) which you will identify yourself with in all future dealings with Crime Stoppers. Your call will not be traced nor recorded. CRIME STOPPERS DOES NOT SUBSCRIBE TO CALL DISPLAY. You cannot be called to testify in court as no one will know who you are – not even Crime Stoppers.

Step 2

Go to the web at www.crimestoppersniagara.com and follow the link from the Submit A tip box. A form will come up on the screen. Fill in the information you know. Do not include your name or any information that could identify yourself. You may want to add more information later or we may have additional questions that we like to ask you via the web. To follow-up on this tip anonymously later, you can log into Tip Follow Up, and using a password that you select on the form or one will be assigned to you automatically when you submit this tip. Remember this password as this is the only you can communicate back. When you submit the tip, the link is broken and can’t be traced.

Step 3

Cash Reward – Unlike other reward programs which require “arrest and conviction” before paying for information, Crime Stoppers pays once the information leads to an arrest of the suspect(s) or a positive outcome. Your cash reward will be passed on to you anonymously after you provide the special code assigned to you.

Step 4

Who runs Crime Stoppers? Crime Stoppers is NOT a police program. Crime Stoppers is run by a citizen volunteer Board of Directors Board comprised of a group of concerned citizens. The Board administers the fund for reward payments and is responsible for fundraising efforts. Money raised by the Board comes from community events and sponsorship by local citizens and businesses.

HOW THE TIPSTER PAYOUT SYSTEM WORKS

Our tipster payout system meets the criteria established by the Ontario Association of Crime Stoppers and Crime Stoppers International. A civilian coordinator takes the tipster’s anonymous call or web tip and documents the details of the call, giving the caller only a confidential code number. Callers are instructed to call the Crime Stoppers tip line back with their code number the day after the monthly board meeting when the reward amount is determined. As well, the caller is then instructed as to how, when and where to pick up their cash reward; always at a confidential drop point.