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Crime Stoppers founder will tip off Marianas
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Posted on Nov 05 2006
[B]ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico[/B]—Greg MacAleese, the storied founder of the immensely popular Crime Stoppers, will be traveling from here to the Western Pacific to conduct seminars for police, program officials, tip-takers and the media in Guam and Saipan next week in order to help them learn how to maximize the advantages of their anti-crime programs.
MacAleese will be in the Mariana Islands from Nov. 7 to 15. He will meet with dignitaries and local Crime Stoppers officials in Guam and Saipan, and will conduct two seminars on Guam at the Hyatt Regency Guam.
“We are extremely pleased to have someone of Greg’s stature come out to Guam and Saipan to help with our implementation of the program,” said Cathy Mateo, chairwoman of Guam Crime Stoppers. “Aside from educating those involved with the program about best practices, we especially want him to assess our tip-taking protocol, since we assigned the answering service in July to a private company,” Mateo said.
Here is MacAleese’s schedule:
– Friday, Nov. 10 – Meet with NMI Crime Stoppers in Saipan.
– Monday, Nov. 13 – Group training session at the Hyatt from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
– Tuesday, Nov. 14 – Second group training session at the Hyatt from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
– Wednesday, Nov. 15 – Departs Guam.
Crime Stoppers programs have been implemented around the world due to the effectiveness of allowing callers to give tips about crimes anonymously by phone. The programs offer rewards of up to $1,000 for tips that lead to arrests. More than 1 million major crimes have been solved by Crime Stoppers programs and almost $7 billion in property and narcotics has been recovered. The programs have paid out more than $70 million in rewards.
For more information, contact Steve Nygard, media consultant, at 688-2494, or on Saipan, Jim Arenovski, chairman of NMI Crime Stoppers, at (670) 287-7030. [I][B](PR)
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