Fundraiser Planned for Palatine-Inverness Crime Stoppers Launch
The non-profit organization relies on private donations to reward anonymous tipsters who help solve crimes.
The newly formed Palatine-Inverness Crime Stoppers is holding a fundraiser on Valentines Day at Durty Nellies. The non-profit organization is made up of citizens and business people from Palatine and Inverness, and relies on private donations to support monetary rewards of up to $1,000 given to tipsters whose information leads to an arrest. According to a release from the organization, their mission is, "to promote community welfare by partnering with residents, law enforcement, and the media to create and promote a crime reporting mechanism which both rewards reporters of criminal activity and protects them from retaliation by maintaining complete anonymity". Palatine and Inverness joined together in late 2012 after learning about a rape …
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3:14 pm on Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Really? Wads of cash, come on. more ›