Abilene Crime Stoppers, Inc.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Abilene Crime Stoppers, Inc.
Abilene Crime Stoppers encourages members from the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the three key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear, apathy and reluctance to get involved.
Abilene, Taylor County Campus Crime Stoppers
They don’t lurk in the dark with magnifying glasses, but despite their nonchalant appearances, they are some of the best eyes in the business. Found walking down the halls around the world, they are students, and most don’t even know their potential as sleuths.
The Scholastic Crime Stoppers Program has taken them into incredible investigations capable of changing their institutions into a safer, more enjoyable place to live and learn
The Abilene Independent School District (AISD) the Wylie ISD along with Trent ISD and Jim Ned ISD makes up the Abilene Taylor County Campus Crime Stoppers (ATCCCS) program and operates under the umbrella of Abilene Crime Stoppers, Inc. The campus Crime Stoppers program is coordinated through the School Resource Officer (SRO) or school administrator of a sponsor who has been assigned to the campus crime stoppers program for taking tip information and forwarding it to the SRO or proper agency for follow-up.
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our goal is to continue to make our communities safer, through all public forms, encouraging all citizens if they know something to say something, by giving them the opportunity to report what they know to law enforcement.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Abilene Crime Stoppers, Inc. will continue to use all forms of public media, i.e. radio, TV, Facebook, twitter and Instagram, working closely with law enforcement to bring crime awareness to the public. Therefore; encouraging the public to come forth with crime-solving information.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our program has a strong long time working relationship with all the media and law enforcement. We have an executive director that has an extensive background in law enforcement and the crime stoppers program. Our board of directors are community leaders all of whom are dedicated in continuing our program's success.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Abilene Crime Stoppers has helped to make our communities and schools safer by assisting law enforcement in solving 9,637 cases. 7,120 arrests have been made. 1,096 weapons recovered, 366 of those removed from our school campuses. We have helped to recover $3,101,123.00 in stolen property, and removed $1,696,333.00 in illicit narcotics. All through the tip's crime stoppers has received.
Our program is still striving to make our communities safer and to make all citizens aware of our program. That crime stoppers is definitely here to stay. That it has been accepted by law enforcement as a valid and effective investigative tool. To help the public, understand and accepted it as a more palatable alternative to traditional methods of giving information, due to fear. We strive to inform the public that we are a nonprofit organization not connected to the City or County Government but due to working so close with law enforcement we are often believed to be a part of the city or county.
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Abilene Crime Stoppers, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 07/05/2017
Mr. Wes Bennett
Edward Jones Investments
Term: 2017 - 2018
Mr. Philip Wicker
Wicker Pack and Mail
Term: 2017 - 2018
Mike Bannister
First Bank Texas
Charles Hughes
Bill Reed Distributing
Peter Agnell
General Tire
Patrick Alford
Dyess AFB Civilian Coordinator
David Ballard
State Farm Insurance
David Collins
Abilene Regional Medical Center
Randy Burchell
Burchell, Denson & Morrison P.C.
Armando Calderon
Arrow Ford, Inc.
E. R. Goode
Retired
Gary Grubbs
Lawrence Hall Chevrolet
Chad Fulkerson
Owner Fire House Sub's
Debbie Hurt
Co-Owner Pest Patrol
Karla Hutchinson
Owner American Classifieds
Joey Light
Superintendent Wylie Independent School District
Mike Newton
Principal, Abilene Independent School District
Peggy Manning
Realtor
Cindy Ramsey
Retired
Matt Robinson
Co-Owner Lone Star Electric
Ben Russell
Coleman County State Bank
Mark Spurlock
Benchmark Business Solutions
Board leadership practices
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Board composition
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