Comment: While crime is rampant in Mexico, it can be disrupted. Below is a tool used in various parts of the US to aid in this effort that might be of use to Mexico. Maybe Mexico can use the drug money captured during raids to pay members of the public willing to turn on the cartel. End comment.
"How Crime Stoppers/Solvers was started"
The concept of paying for information about crimes was the brainchild of former Albuquerque, NM police detective Greg MacAleese. In 1974 Albuquerque had the highest crime rate per capita of any city in the country. Detective MacAleese came up with an idea on how to keep callers anonymous while being rewarded for coming forward by using the television media to show a tape of a reconstructed robbery and murder at a remote convenience store. A woman saw the tape on television and called to report a single piece of information. That tip lead to the arrest of the suspect who was later convicted. The Albuquerque Police Department began to show crime regularly. Other jurisdictions picked up on the idea, the first being Arlington Crime Solvers in Virginia in 1979. Out of this nationwide action, several coordinating organizations were formed at various times to support their effort. These organizations were Crime Stoppers International, Inc., Crime Stoppers USA, Inc., Southeastern Crime Stoppers Association, Inc., Virginia Crime Stoppers Association, Inc. and the hundreds of local programs across the United States."
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