Text a Tip to Crime Stoppers
Tulsans who have information that can help solve crimes can now text message those tips to the CRIME STOPPERS program, operated by the Crime Commission of Oklahoma in conjunction with the Tulsa Police Department.
CRIME STOPPERS is a citizen-supported program that allows people to report criminal activities anonymously and receive financial rewards. It has operated in the past by telephone tips. The telephone access (596-2677) will continue, but now wireless phone users can also provide information by text messaging.
Text-A-Tip Today!
The Crime Commission recently received funding from State Farm Insurance to fund the addition of text messaging to the anonymous tip program. The Tulsa Police Department hopes that by adding this option more people will be willing to text crime tips – especially teenagers.
With more than 300,000 text messages per minute sent daily nationwide, most active users are teenagers and young adults. Tipsters remain completely anonymous and may earn a cash reward of up to $1,000 from Crime Stoppers if their information leads to an arrest. Tips are taken 24 hours a day.
The directions to compose a crime tip are:
-- Text “TIP918” and then send your message to “CRIMES” (274637) --
When the text is received, the sender will receive a pin number within 10 seconds or less confirming receipt of the information. The tipster will be instructed to call 9-1-1 if it is an emergency and/or a crime is in progress they are reporting.
You can also submit a tip online.
The CRIME STOPPERS program began in 1979. STOPPERS’ tips have been directly responsible for solving hundreds of felony crimes and the recovery of millions of dollars in stolen property, and narcotics. Since its inception, more than $400,000 has been awarded for information that resulted in solving more than 4,500 felony cases.