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A Successful Program That Offers Cash Rewards & Insures Anonymity Winnipeg Crime Stoppers is a community based program. The program is operated by a volunteer board of directors comprised of people from the business community. It’s really a partnership between the public, the Police, and the Media. Each play a fundamental role that makes the program extremely successful. |
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ANONYMITY (It's The Law!)
The identity of people giving tips to Crime Stoppers has been protected by the Supreme Court of Canada.
Canada’s highest court ruled unanimously on February 16th, 1997 that police do not have to disclose any information they receive from this internationally recognized crime prevention program.Justice Beverly Mclachlin, in writing the court’s decision said protecting informants has always been a priority in law.
“The rule of informer privilege is of such fundamental importance to the workings of a criminal justice system it cannot be balanced against other interest relating to the administration of justice,” McLachlin wrote. “Once the privilege has been established, neither the police nor the court possesses discretion to abridge it.”
This ruling of the Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision and ordered a new trial for a Vancouver man acquitted in a drug case. Richard Dean Leipert’s lawyer successfully challenged a search warrant flowing from a Crime Stoppers’ tip. Leipert had been charged with unlawfully trafficking in marijuana.
During the trial Leipert’s lawyer used the Charter of Rights to argue prosecutors should disclosed details of how police got a search warrant.
The Crown, seeking to protect the identity of a Crime Stoppers’ informant, chose not to call evidence at the trial and Leipert was acquitted.
The Crown appealed with the Greater Vancouver Crime Stoppers Association intervening. The B.C. Court of appeal upheld the appeal and ordered a new trial.
The decision by the Supreme Court has confirmed a long standing position of Crime Stoppers that any details about the informant, or information received, however minute, could in fact jeopardize the informants anonymity, and as an end result destroy the integrity of the Crime Stoppers program.
Read entire judgement : R. V. Leipert HERE
Canadian Legal Information Institute
Read more about the Tipster's "Bill of Rights" HERE on the CCSA site.
How it works
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Winnipeg Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards for information leading to the solution of an unsolved crime. Awards are also offered for information leading the arrest of individuals for criminal offences, the recovery of stolen property, or the seizure of narcotics.
If you have information, call our secure TIPS line at 204-786-8477 (786-TIPS) or click on the “Submit A New Tip” button to use WebTips for further information. If you’re calling from out of town, you may also telephone us toll free at 1-800-222-8477. The TIPS line is in operation 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days per year. You can also submit a tip online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All of our methods are completely secure. Specially assigned experienced officers “on loan” to the program take your information. When contacting Crime Stoppers, they never want you to provide you name or identify yourself. We do not subscribe to any form of call display or call trace and it is never recorded. Each caller is given a tip number, which is used in all subsequent transactions, thus ensuring anonymity. Tips are passed on to authorities, such as investigating officers. No one will ever know who you are. You remain secret! Authorities cannot access our files or your identity. The identity of people submitting tips to Crime Stoppers has been protected by the Supreme Court of Canada. Winnipeg Crime Stoppers highlights certain cases in newspapers, on TV, radio and this website. Crime Stoppers is a cooperative program between the local media, citizens and the police designed to involve the public in the fight against crime. Winnipeg media provides us with free exposure to you to help solve these crimes. Crime Stoppers is based on the principal that for every crime committed, someone other than the criminal has information that can lead to the solution of the crime. If your tip is helpful, you are eligible to receive an award up to $2000 cash! All awards are paid out issuing a system designed to maintain your anonymity. |
F.A.Q
How can you help?Crime Stoppers provides citizens with the opportunity to ANONYMOUSLY supply the police with information regarding a crime they may have knowingly or unknowingly witnessed, or a crime or potential crime of which they may have knowledge.
Cash awards are offered to persons who contact the program with information which leads to the solution of a crime. Crime can happen anywhere – on the streets, in business, schools, homes in any area of the city, even in your neighbourhood. Fortunately criminals can be caught, crimes can be solved, justice can win – and it does all the time, when you help. Crime Stoppers record of successes proves it. Plus we pay for information helping to solve a case or find a criminal. Call us or send a WebTips when you have information. Helping Crime Stoppers results in a safer place for everyone! |
Be A Part of the SuccessWinnipeg Crime Stoppers is regularly recognized by receiving international awards for our efficiency and results. Thanks to the support of our partners and all Winnipeggers, the program is one of the most successful crime stoppers programs in the world today.
All of our efforts are only as good as your participation. Be a Crime Stopper. Fight crime by reporting information on crime. Call us or submit a tip online. It’s 100% anonymous and IT PAYS! Who Administers the Crime Stoppers program?A civilian Board of Directors actively guides the program. Winnipeg Crime Stoppers is responsible for raising funds, setting policy and procedures and disbursing awards on a routine basis.
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How are we funded?Winnipeg Crime Stoppers is a community program and is operated by a volunteer Board made up of people from the business community.
Winnipeg Crime Stoppers raises funds through special events and campaigns every year. It is a community project endorsed by the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and supported by donations from individuals, businesses, retailers, clubs, and organizations, civic and social groups and by members of the Board. It is a registered charity. |
Donations To Winnipeg Crime Stoppers Are Tax Deductible!
• Crime Stoppers pays cash for information on ANY unsolved crime
• Contacts never have to reveal their identity
• The contact will never be traced or recorded
• Contact anonymity is protected by law
• Crime Stoppers is an alternative for those who do not want to be involved on the judicial system
• Anonymity protects contacts from retaliation
Click HERE to view a printable copy of our mail-in donations form
Winnipeg Crime Stoppers is a member in good standing of Canadian Crime Stoppers Association and Crime Stoppers International.
• Contacts never have to reveal their identity
• The contact will never be traced or recorded
• Contact anonymity is protected by law
• Crime Stoppers is an alternative for those who do not want to be involved on the judicial system
• Anonymity protects contacts from retaliation
Click HERE to view a printable copy of our mail-in donations form
Winnipeg Crime Stoppers is a member in good standing of Canadian Crime Stoppers Association and Crime Stoppers International.
OUR SUCCESSES
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Since the inception of our program in 1984 to April 2024, Winnipeg Crime Stoppers have received over 154,000 tips from citizens via telephone, and webtips. Thanks to you, we currently rank #5 in North America for amount of property recovered as a result of tips received!
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