Bergen County Crime Stoppers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization led by citizens wanting to keep their communities safe against crime. Our Crime Stoppers organization began in 1982 as “Tri-Community Crime Stoppers” with the police agencies of Bergenfield, Hackensack, and Teaneck. Later, additional towns and cities joined our membership. These agencies were the Englewood, Bogota, and South Hackensack police departments. Thus, it is these six agencies that make up the current roster of the Bergen County Crime Stoppers group. However, Crime Stoppers goal is to continue to to try and add more Bergen County police agencies to join our organization. There were other Crime Stoppers groups that had been established in various areas of Bergen County long ago, but they are not active or no longer exist as they previously had. Our organization has been in existence for 40+years and still regularly meets and provides cash rewards. We hope to soon have the ability to serve all areas of our great County here in the State of New Jersey.
Crime Stoppers programs offer cash rewards of up to $1000 to any person, whose identity will remain anonymous, who provides information that leads to the arrest of criminals and fugitives. Information is received through a Crime Stoppers phone tip line or via an online tip submission on the Bergen County Crime Stoppers website. The tip is forwarded to a law enforcement program liaison.
Each caller is assigned a code number for the purpose of ensuring anonymity.
Crime Stoppers is based on the principal that someone other than the criminal has information that can solve a crime and was created to combat the three major problems faced by law enforcement in generating that information:
Crime Stoppers resolves these problems by:
History of Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers was the brainchild of an Albuquerque, New Mexico, detective who was concerned by the number of unsolved cases he and fellow detectives were working on. He was particularly frustrated that all possible leads had been exhausted regarding the murder of a young college student. He felt information that would solve the crime was available from “someone other than the criminal.” That principal led to the major factors that needed to be addressed so individuals would come forward. Members of the local community, media and law enforcement, came together in partnership to begin the effort to provide crime-solving assistance to law enforcement. Thus, the first Crime Stoppers program was born on September 8, 1976.
A cash reward was offered to individuals that provided anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers with information which would lead to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for the crime. The local media publicized the first “Crime of the Week” and the phone number to call with the information. A call received by the program resulted in the arrest of three men, within 72 hours, who had been involved in the homicide of the young college student that had occurred 4 months earlier.
Today, community and student Crime Stoppers programs reach around the world and are represented by the Nation/Regions of the United States, Canada, Caribbean and Latin America, Europe, Australia, and the South/Western Pacific. The Crime Stoppers program has enjoyed great success with the information received which has led to the arrest and indictment of those responsible for committing felony offenses, boasting an average conviction rate of approximately 95% on cases solved by a tip to the program.
Crime Stoppers is a partnership between the Community, the Media and Law Enforcement. Community citizens are responsible for forming a Crime Stoppers non-profit corporation, whose directors establish policy, determine amount and method of reward payments, work closely with law enforcement and the media and generally oversee the program. The directors are also responsible for fundraising, and all volunteer service. The program is supported by the public through tax deductible donations from businesses, corporations, individuals, and service organizations. Media for Crime Stoppers is publicized on a regular basis by all outlets including print, broadcast and web-based partners. Special attention is given to unsolved crime re-enactments, “Crimes of the Week”, cold cases, narcotics activity, wanted fugitives, and suspected terrorist and gang activity. To get on our media list, please contact us. Local law enforcement agencies receive and process the anonymous tips received through Crime Stoppers and follow-up and investigate the tip to help solve the crimes. If the information leads to an arrest, the caller can be paid up to $1,000.00 (depending on the degree and severity of the crime) for their information.
In cooperation with the Bergenfield, Bogota, Englewood, Teaneck, Hackensack and South Hackensack Police Departments, they are asking for the public’s help to solve them.
Frequently Asked Questions
If this is an urgent matter, do not submit it here. Dial 9-1-1 if it is an Emergency or Crime-in-Progress.
You can submit your tip by calling 844.466.6789
Listen for Voice Prompts and select your town/city for reporting your tip
You can also submit here on our website using the ONLINE TIP SUBMISSION
If you would like to inquire about our Crime Stoppers group, please email us at info@bergencrimestoppers.org
Bergen County Crime Stoppers is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization led by citizens wanting to keep their communities safe against crime. The organization started out in 1982 as “Tri-Community Crime Stoppers” with the municipal/city police agencies of Bergenfield, Hackensack, and Teaneck
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