Crimestoppers: Your Most Powerful Weapon Against Crime

Crimestoppers Safe School Hotline: 822-1111 or 1-877-903-STOP.

If you or your child has information on a crime, please contact our hotline or click here.

Our Mission Statement.

The Safe School Hotline seeks to ensure Orleans and Jefferson Parish middle and high school students to have a safe environment for studying and learning by making their middle and high school campuses safer. The Safe School Hotline’s main goal is to solve and prevent serious crimes by providing students with cash rewards for information concerning crime on campus. We believe that students themselves are the best tool in keeping schools safe.

The Safe School Hotline was initiated in February 2004 in select Orleans Parish high schools. Upon the close of the 2005-2004 school year, Crimestoppers assisted school officials in solving the following crimes:

Removed one gun and two knives from campuses
Solved one act of arson and one act of vandalism
Prevented five gang-related incidents

The U.S. Secret Service recommends that schools implement a hotline for children to report on scholastic crime and the National School Safety Council stated that “the best metal detector is the student.” We need to give our children the opportunity to report on crimes that they are aware of, and the method must be safe. Crimestoppers has proven that it is a safe and reliable method to empower citizens to take action against crime.

The Safe School Hotline has been funded for its first year of operation through grants received by the Louisiana Governor’s Discretionary fund for Safe and Drug Free Schools and a Project Safe Neighborhood grant through the Department of Justice.

How The Program Works.

Poster Crimestoppers Safe School Hotline (822-1111 or 1-877-903-STOP) is an anonymous telephone hotline students can use to provide information on crime. These crimes include but are not limited to: possession of guns or other dangerous weapons, possession of narcotics, gang activity, drive-by shootings, robberies, sexual assaults, arson, battery, vandalism and bomb threats.

The method that Crimestoppers will provide to the students and teachers to report criminal activities anonymously will be through a secure telephone hotline, answered outside of the campus by a trained security expert and Crimestoppers operator. The information provided to the phone operator will be routed to the appropriate agent, whether it is the designated School Resource Officer, a Detective or a member of the school’s personnel, such as the Principal or School Guidance Counselor.

Following the investigation, the report will be sent to Crimestoppers for the appropriate action. All of this will be done anonymously which means that the caller’s identity will never be made known to police or school personnel. If the tip leads to the arrest of a suspect, confiscation of illegal drugs or a weapon, the caller will be eligible for a cash reward. The system used to communicate with tipsters for cash rewards will be the same as used by our parent program. This system has been used over the last 20 years with success. Our first and foremost goal is the safety of the tipster.

How To Contact The Crimestoppers Hotline.

The phone number is 822-1111 or 1-877-903-STOP.

Students are encouraged to use pay phones when calling from school.
Students may use a secure office phone when calling from school.

Remember, your call remains secret. There is no caller I.D. We do not record conversations and your information is protected by a law statue R.S. 477.1 “Privileged Communication to Crimestoppers” organizations.

Call In A Tip And Get A Cash Reward.

Callers who provide information which lead to an arrest or a suspect, confiscation of a weapon, narcotics or prevention of a planned act of violence are eligible for a cash reward.

How Rewards Are Paid.

Cash rewards of up to $2,500 (depending on the crime) are paid upon arrest and charging, not conviction.

Rewards will be paid out either in a public location by a volunteer Crimestoppers member or at a local bank. Callers are given a code number and are identified only be their code number. Payouts are made to that code number and are in cash.

The program will offer a standing reward of approximately $500 for Crimestoppers’ hotline tips leading to the apprehension of an individual in possession of a firearm on school campus and $1,000 for information leading to the apprehension of an individual in possession of a bomb, or leading to the apprehension and charging of an individual who has made a bomb threat.

Crimestoppers will pay a cash reward for information which leads to the arrest and charging of crimes on a school campus in areas such as:

Narcotics – possession, intent of distribution, selling or use of drugs
Weapons – guns, knives and other firearms
Vandalism – graffiti or malicious mischief
Violence – gang related and individual fights, assaults and threats
Arson – setting fires or conspiracy to commit
Bombs – possession, conspiracy or false report of a bomb threat
Other felony crimes including robbery, theft, rape, and burglary

If you are a school administrator and would like to learn more about the Crimestoppers Safe School Hotline, please contact the Crimestoppers office at (504) 837-8477.

	Crimestoppers Safe School Hotline: 822-1111 or 1-877-903-STOP. If you or your child has information on a crime, please contact our hotline or click here. Our Mission Statement. The Safe School Hotline seeks to ensure Orleans and Jefferson Parish middle and high school students to have a safe environment for studying and learning by making their middle and high school campuses safer. The Safe School Hotline’s main goal is to solve and prevent serious crimes by providing students with cash rewards for information concerning crime on campus. We believe that students themselves are the best tool in keeping schools safe. The Safe School Hotline was initiated in February 2004 in select Orleans Parish high schools. Upon the close of the 2005-2004 school year, Crimestoppers assisted school officials in solving the following crimes: Removed one gun and two knives from campuses Solved one act of arson and one act of vandalism Prevented five gang-related incidents The U.S. Secret Service recommends that schools implement a hotline for children to report on scholastic crime and the National School Safety Council stated that “the best metal detector is the student.” We need to give our children the opportunity to report on crimes that they are aware of, and the method must be safe. Crimestoppers has proven that it is a safe and reliable method to empower citizens to take action against crime. The Safe School Hotline has been funded for its first year of operation through grants received by the Louisiana Governor’s Discretionary fund for Safe and Drug Free Schools and a Project Safe Neighborhood grant through the Department of Justice. How The Program Works. Crimestoppers Safe School Hotline (822-1111 or 1-877-903-STOP) is an anonymous telephone hotline students can use to provide information on crime. These crimes include but are not limited to: possession of guns or other dangerous weapons, possession of narcotics, gang activity, drive-by shootings, robberies, sexual assaults, arson, battery, vandalism and bomb threats. The method that Crimestoppers will provide to the students and teachers to report criminal activities anonymously will be through a secure telephone hotline, answered outside of the campus by a trained security expert and Crimestoppers operator. The information provided to the phone operator will be routed to the appropriate agent, whether it is the designated School Resource Officer, a Detective or a member of the school’s personnel, such as the Principal or School Guidance Counselor. Following the investigation, the report will be sent to Crimestoppers for the appropriate action. All of this will be done anonymously which means that the caller’s identity will never be made known to police or school personnel. If the tip leads to the arrest of a suspect, confiscation of illegal drugs or a weapon, the caller will be eligible for a cash reward. The system used to communicate with tipsters for cash rewards will be the same as used by our parent program. This system has been used over the last 20 years with success. Our first and foremost goal is the safety of the tipster. How To Contact The Crimestoppers Hotline. The phone number is 822-1111 or 1-877-903-STOP. Students are encouraged to use pay phones when calling from school. Students may use a secure office phone when calling from school. Remember, your call remains secret. There is no caller I.D. We do not record conversations and your information is protected by a law statue R.S. 477.1 “Privileged Communication to Crimestoppers” organizations. Call In A Tip And Get A Cash Reward. Callers who provide information which lead to an arrest or a suspect, confiscation of a weapon, narcotics or prevention of a planned act of violence are eligible for a cash reward. How Rewards Are Paid. Cash rewards of up to $2,500 (depending on the crime) are paid upon arrest and charging, not conviction. Rewards will be paid out either in a public location by a volunteer Crimestoppers member or at a local bank. Callers are given a code number and are identified only be their code number. Payouts are made to that code number and are in cash. The program will offer a standing reward of approximately $500 for Crimestoppers’ hotline tips leading to the apprehension of an individual in possession of a firearm on school campus and $1,000 for information leading to the apprehension of an individual in possession of a bomb, or leading to the apprehension and charging of an individual who has made a bomb threat. Crimestoppers will pay a cash reward for information which leads to the arrest and charging of crimes on a school campus in areas such as: Narcotics – possession, intent of distribution, selling or use of drugs Weapons – guns, knives and other firearms Vandalism – graffiti or malicious mischief Violence – gang related and individual fights, assaults and threats Arson – setting fires or conspiracy to commit Bombs – possession, conspiracy or false report of a bomb threat Other felony crimes including robbery, theft, rape, and burglary If you are a school administrator and would like to learn more about the Crimestoppers Safe School Hotline, please contact the Crimestoppers office at (504) 837-8477.

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