Halton Crime Stoppers will be participating in the following Santa Claus Parades:

Georgetown Christmas Parade on November 19th, 2011,

www.georgetownlionsclub.ca/Santa%20Parade%202011.html

Burlington Christmas Parade on December 4th ,2011

Don’t be surprised if you see some familiar faces behind bars at Jay Lockwood Chrysler on Wyecroft Road in Oakville.

These jailbirds are being locked up to help Halton Crime Stoppers raise funds for its crime fighting program.

From noon. to 6 p.m. on Monday, November 14, 2011 a makeshift jail will be set up inside the dealership to hold some of the upstanding citizens who have been tagged for arrest by Crime Stoppers.

It will be a day of fun and frivolity and everyone is invited to come and post bail money to release those who are incarcerated.

Crime Stoppers coordinator Sergeant Gary Gold confers with Oakville Mayor Rob Burton who served as a celebrity judge at the Halton Crime Stoppers Jail-a-thon held at Jay Lockwood Chrysler on Nov. 14. The event raised more than $7,500.

http://www.insidehalton.com/community/article/1245756--locked-up-for-halton-crime-stoppers

http://www.insidehalton.com/community/oakvillebeaver/article/1245263

This video clip on Cogeco Cable. http://www.tvcogeco.com/burlington-oakville/gallery/tv-shows/4580-community-now

The Jamaican Information Service details the week-long Crime Stoppers International training conference held in Montego Bay. Conferences are held annually in different countries to give police and volunteers from Crime Stoppers programs around the world the opportunity to learn about developing crime trends and crime issues that are of concern to the public.

3rd Annual Ride to the Ribs 

Halton Crime Stoppers hosted our annual Ride to the Ribs for 2011. Special thanks and recognition is extended to Jake`s Grill & Oyster House and Peakpowersports for their continued sponsorship.

See www.insidehalton.com/community/burlington/article/859399

Our 4TH Annual Charity Golf Tournament

You can help battle crime in Halton by spending a few hours on the golf course.

 

The crime fighting opportunity takes place at the fourth annual golf tournament sponsored by Halton Crime Stoppers on Monday, June 6, 2011 at the Blue Springs Golf Club in Acton.

 

Through the years Halton Crime Stoppers has utilized donated dollars to solve crimes ranging from murder to robbery, business break-ins to street muggings and drug trafficking to vandalism.

 

Our local Crime Stoppers program provides rewards to pay for tips that assist police in solving crime that occurs in Halton Hills, Milton, Burlington and Oakville.

 

The golf tournament is one of a number of fund raising projects that Halton Crime Stoppers undertakes each year to make sure funds are available to combat crime and help ensure Halton remains one of the safest regions in Canada.

 

Dollars collected through fundraising initiatives have been used to arrest 890 individuals on a myriad of charges; remove 49 weapons from the hands of criminals; recover more than $2.2 million in stolen property and seize illegal drugs valued at $16.4 million from the streets of communities in Halton.

 

Halton Crime Stoppers plays a valuable role in the community but it needs the help of a few people to play a round of golf in our charity tournament to guarantee Crime Stoppers can continue the fight to help solve crime.

 

The event gets underway at 11:30 a.m. starting with lunch at the Club Link course followed by 18 holes of golf, an Oyster Bar hosted by Jake’s Grill and Oyster House in Burlington and then dinner. There’s also an opportunity to win a Victory motorcycle from Peak Power Sports with a hole in one.

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Halton Crime Stoppers board member Kelly Gorven has been named Civilian Crime Stopper of the Year by the Ontario Association of Crime Stoppers.

It was one of three awards presented to Halton Crime Stoppers at the annual Crime Stoppers Provincial Training Conference held earlier this month in Sarnia.

Halton’s program was also honored for having the best newsletter and recognized for having the best Special Project to combat crime in the community.

Kelly, who joined Halton’s Crime Stoppers program in 2007 at the age of 18, currently serves as secretary of the board and is also responsible for producing the program’s newsletter.

“It was a double win for Kelly,” said Sergeant Gary Gold, Halton’s Coordinator. “She not only received the Civilian Achievement Award but was also recognized for the commitment she makes to prepare our newsletter.”

The members of Halton’s Crime Stoppers board unanimously nominated Kelly for the top provincial award in recognition of the work she has done for Crime Stoppers since joining the board.

Her interest began when she was assigned to prepare a story on Crime Stoppers for the Sheridan College newspaper while enrolled in the Journalism Print program. Even before graduating Kelly volunteered to become a board member to provide a youth perspective to the program which takes anonymous tips on unsolved crime throughout Halton.

“She has been an active volunteer since joining the board and has participated on a number of projects,” said board chair Cal Millar. “Kelly also gave insight from her perspective that added a new vision to the student program operating in high schools and community college facilities across the region.”

Being a Journalism Print graduate, Kelly took the reigns of the newsletter and brought it to a new level with an eye-catching design and intricate use of color and photography.

“She had definitely made a contribution to our program since becoming a board member,” Millar said.

Members of Halton’s Crime Stoppers program are also extremely pleased to have been recognized with a Special Project Award acknowledging an initiative in partnership with the Halton Regional Police Guns and Gangs Unit to take preventative measures before gang violence spreads from larger communities to schools in Halton.

The program developed by Halton Crime Stoppers saw the introduction in 2010 of a specially designed poster which indicated gangs and guns are not welcome in the community and appealing for tips from anyone who has information about gun and gang related activity.

The campaign was kicked off in conjunction with January as Crime Stoppers Month and the posters were displayed in all high schools across the region as well as on transit vehicles and in various other public buildings throughout Halton.

2011 Tour De TIPS

On Saturday, May 28th,  2011 at 8.00 am, about 50 bicycle riders, many of them police officers, will travel more than 200 km in two days during the  2011 Crime Stoppers Tour de Tips presented by Allstate Insurance Company of Canada.  

Check out the events website at www.tourdetips.com  and view the highlight video from this year’s event.  It is a fun ride to raise funds and awareness for Crime Stoppers.

Don’t let criminals steal your name.

Michael Collins, national vice-president of sales and marketing for Shred-It Canada and Inspector Jackie Gordon of Halton Regional Police joined Crime Stoppers board member Kelly Gorven and Sergeant Gary Gold, coordinator of the Halton Crime Stoppers program to kick off a Community Shred-It campaign which will allow people to safely dispose of unwanted personal papers or documents with sensitive information.