Richmond PD: $250 for Anonymous Tips on Illegally Possessed Guns

By Dean Weingarten

Criminal justice professor and co-chair of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy has shown that most murders are committed by a very small group of violent individuals, usually associated with gangs and/or drug trafficking. Identifying and focusing law enforcement efforts on those individuals drastically reduces the murder rate of a given area. One of the methods used: encourage people to turn in violent felons who illegally possess firearms. Richmond Virginia has decided to run with this idea. From richmondgov.com . . .

From: Detective Rashaan Wigfall and Detective John Flores

Number: 16-10
Date of Release: 03/07/2016

This month Metro Richmond Crime Stoppers began a new program that will help reduce gun violence. This program is known as “The Gun250 Tip Program”. This initiative will help reduce gun violence by allowing law enforcement to use tips provided by you the public.

This program encourages members of the community to submit tips related to illegal firearms and provides a cash reward of up to $250 should the information lead to the recovery of the firearm or the arrest of an offender.

Gun250 is not a “buy-back” program. The program let’s concerned citizens know that they can …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns