From January 1 to April 30 we had a total of 18 calls. Out of these calls, they were for:

Graffiti – 1
Drugs – 5
Wanted Persons – 10
Police Impersonator – 2

Breaking down the calls by month, here are the totals.

January – 1
February – 1
March – 8
April – 8

The call volume starting picking up in March after we listed wanted people on the Government Access Channel..

Rewards have been awarded to 6 different callers so far this year. One of those callers called in December, but the reward was paid in January. The 6 callers all called about wanted people, with a total of 7 people being caught from these 6 callers. The total rewards approved so far totals $1125.

CENTRAL SHENANDOAH CRIMESTOPPERS
WAYNESBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT
ANNUAL REPORT
2009

There were 35 calls to Central Shenandoah Valley Crimestoppers from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 that pertained to Waynesboro Police Department.  Of the number of calls, 4 (or 11.4 %) contributed to solving the case by either the arrest of an offender; acquisition and execution of a search warrant; or the recovery of stolen property.

 

Calls by offense:

Wanted persons - 4
Drugs – 18
Larceny - 5
Robbery – 4
Bank Robbery- 2
Vandalism – 1
Suspicious Activity – 1

 

Calls that yielded arrests or recovery of property by offense:

Wanted person – 2
Bank Robbery – 1
Bomb Threat (bank robbery) - 1
Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony – 1
Armed robbery – 1

(The bank robbery tip also included the bomb threat tip. The armed robbery included the use of a firearm charge/tip as well. I didn’t count these as separate calls by offenses in the top section, but did break them out in this above part)

Payouts:

Wanted person - $175
Bank Robbery and bomb threat- $750
Robbery and use of a firearm - $500

The total payouts for us was $1425