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‘Crime Stoppers’ Helps Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Deputies Keep The Community Safe

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station counts on anonymous “LA Crime Stoppers” tips from the community to help solve criminal acts throughout the valley, officials said Friday.


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Santa Clarita residents have been getting involved by submitting tips through “Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers,” and over the last year, helping lower crime in the city, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

“We need the community’s help,” said Crime Prevention Sgt. Dan Dantice. “Essentially, they are our eyes and ears out there. Our residents are very vested in their community, and they want to keep it a safe place to raise their families.”

Deputies and detectives arrested seven people within the last two months based on Crime Stoppers tips submitted by the public that were forwarded to the Sheriff’s Station, according to officials.

A total of $850 is set to be paid out to the tipsters for providing information that assisted with the arrest of the suspects, said Miller.

One reason Detective Bureau Lt. Ignacio Somoano thinks that people call Crime Stoppers, instead of the Sheriff’s Station directly is that callers don’t have to give their names.

“It’s all completely anonymous,” said Somoano. “Any tip, any piece of information that anybody knows, it’s very helpful that they get it to us because it could be the key piece of information that we need.”

LA Crime Stoppers ensures that tipsters will remain anonymous, and also guarantees the following:

  • All tips are handled by a third-party service provider;
  • Residents will never have physical contact with any law enforcement agency;
  • Up to a $1,000 reward can be collected anonymously; and
  • No personal information, phone number or e-mail is ever requested, saved, traced, tracked or monitored.

If residents have information that might help Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials solve a crime, you can give an anonymous tip to  LA Crimestoppers by visiting their website at www.lacrimestoppers.org  or calling 1-800-222-8477.

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