The national charity, Crimestoppers has reached its 20th Anniversary this year and a special event was held in Leicestershire to celebrate this historic anniversary.

Leicestershire & Rutland Crimestoppers organised the evening event which took place on 9th October at the Leicestershire Constabulary Police Headquarters. The evening was funded by Leicestershire Constabulary to thank the local board of Crimestoppers and recognise its achievements in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. A wide range of guests were invited from the civic, public, business, faith and charitable communities.

By using the Crimestoppers Number 0800 555 111, people have the opportunity to contact the charity completely anonymously, at any time of the day or night. Every call is treated with absolute anonymity so that nobody will know the identity of the caller. Rewards are also available and are paid without compromising a caller’s anonymity. Crimestoppers is a simple and secure way to gather intelligence, and bring criminals to justice without anybody knowing who the information came from.

Leicestershire and Rutland Crimestoppers operates with the support from local public authorities and businesses, voluntary organisations and charitable trusts. There is also close liaison with Crimestoppers nationally. It is one of the most successful local boards of the National charity, recently, the Leicestershire and Rutland operation led the country nationally with it’s performance rate of one in five anonymous calls results in a positive outcome.

Chairman of Leicestershire and Rutland Crimestoppers, Russell Kempton said,” I am delighted that we are able to hold a local event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this valuable national charity, increase people’s awareness of what it achieves and thank people and organisations for their support at a local level. I am also grateful to Leicestershire Constabulary for funding the event, which was a great success”

DC Debbie Robinson, Leicestershire & Rutland Crimestoppers Coordinator can be contacted on Tel No 0116 2222222 Ext 4992

The attached photo shows; Left to right

Russell Kempton (Chairman of Leicestershire & Rutland Crimestoppers)

Michael Laurie CBE (Chief Executive of National Crimestoppers charity)

ACC Chris Eyre (Leicestershire Constabulary)