Crime Stoppers of York County won three awards last week at the Southeastern Crime Stoppers Training Conference held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The annual training conference brings together Crime Stoppers programs from across an eleven-state area.

Crime Stoppers assist law enforcement by providing an anonymous tip-line, and by offering rewards for tips that lead to an arrest, a seizure of contraband, or the recovery of stolen property.

 Crime Stoppers programs belonging to the Southeastern Crime Stoppers Association submit statistical information regarding their productivity in areas of arrests, seizures, and recoveries resulting from tips. Crime Stoppers programs are judged against other programs that have similar population densities. Crime Stoppers programs can also submit fund raisers, advertising campaigns, and other activities for judging in multiple categories.  

In the area of performance, Crime Stoppers of York County won the Productivity Award. Crime Stoppers of York County also won the Most Creative Advertising Award for their 2009 Arresting Crime InfoFest event. For the same event, Crime Stoppers won the Premier Management Award.

This conference was attended by York County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Mike Baker and Crime Stoppers Board members Jack Addison and Bob Pearse.  “Hoot” Gibson attended representing his wife, Crime Stoppers’ Board Chair, Fay Gibson.