CRIMESTOPPERS.NS.CA 5 During the summer of 1987, our first police coordinator then Constable Wayne Noonan of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), was tasked to look into the feasibility of establishing a new program called Crime Stoppers. Management of the RCMP had already approached Halifax City Police and they committed to partnering in this initiative. Sergeant Ken MacKenzie was named as their liaison. Fortunately, at that time, New Brunswick had the Crime Stoppers program up and running for just over one year. Then police coordinator Sgt. Rick Daigle and board president Ron Godin, a Gagetown businessman, were approached as resources on how to successfully establish a similar program in Nova Scotia. Their input and guidance were invaluable then, so much so that our team was able to mirror much of what New Brunswick was doing. Our organizing team were able to get the program in this province up and running by November of the same year. We established a strong volunteer board of directors, committed police partners and the support of the media. Literally, the program took off. With the support of Maritime Television (MITV) we re-enacted our first unsolved crime, a murder. Within a week of airing this on television and radio, a tipster identified the persons responsible for this crime and provided information on the motive and how this crime was carried out. The valuable information provided by the tipster was not released during the re-enactment. And like our first program in New Mexico, Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers was immediately embraced and supported by our partners. From our beginnings in Nova Scotia, Crime Stoppers has seen volunteers, police coordinators, media partners come and go but the commitment of our partners then and now has not changed. Our statistics to date reflect the positive results we have had for law enforcement in Nova Scotia and beyond. What is not shown in the 'Cases Solved' section are the actual crimes but we can tell you such serious crimes as murder, armed robbery, violent assaults, fraud and theft are included in those statistics. Also consider that Crime Stoppers tipsters have been responsible for removing more than $17,850,845 in illegal drugs from the streets of our province and out of the hands of our youth. All this has been accomplished with a simple formula of Complete Anonymity and Cash Awards. TO DATE 3560 8151 6149 $5,973,515 $1,245,611 $335,892 $15,235,514 469 $3,280,600 $339,400 179,726 FOR EVERY DOLLAR PAID TO ANONYMOUS TIPSTERS, CRIME STOPPERS HAS RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY %75/34 IN STOLEN PROPERTY AND ILLEGAL DRUGS. THE AVERAGE CASH AWARD PER CASE SOLVED IS %62/38 THE FOLLOWING REFLECTS THE RESULTS OF THE NBJOMBOE!OT!! DSJNF!TUPQQFST PROGRAM FROM INCEPTION IN OPWFNCFS!2:98 TO THE END OF NBSDI!3136/ AArrrreessttss Charges Laid Cases Cleared Property Recovered Arson Solved Fraud Solved Drugs Seized Fugitives Arrested Tobacco Seized Tobacco S Awards Paid Total Calls DSJNF!TUPQQFST!NOVA SCOTIA 1987-2025 Cover photo by rawpixel.com on Freepik
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