Police Can Make Neighbors Safer. You Can Help.

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Police can make neighborhoods safer. You can help.

Crime Alert Berks County. We’ve been helping stop crimes in Berks County for the last 21 years.

We help the police with tips, that lead to arrests. We’ve sponsored a crime-tip program for 21 years, but for the last 17 we’ve been first in PA in money paid out for tips that lead to arrests throughout Berks County.

We want to make your community a safer place to live.

Crime Alert Berks County is an anonymous, call-in crime tip hot line, and provides rewards for crime tips — up to $10,000. We need your monetary support to pay rewards.

How we do it: The tipster is given a code number (the tipster’s name is never used) that corresponds to the crime and the tip, then watches the news media for an arrest in their case. The tipster calls back, gives the code number, and is paid a reward in cash for the tip, without anyone ever knowing who he or she is.

We started 21 years ago: Private citizen Barry E. Rohrbach organized an initial board in 1998. We’ve been the #1 Crime Stopper Program in Pennsylvania in money paid out for tips that lead to arrests for the past 17 years. Rewards are paid in the event of an arrest, up to $10,000.

What we’ve accomplished in 21 years: 690 arrests; $509,024 reward money paid to callers.

Crime tips equal rewards. Dial #250. Keyword Crime Alert. Cash rewards up to $10,000.

Or call 1.877.373.9913, or text ALERTBERKS at 847411 with your tip.

Don’t wait for someone else to report the crime. If you know of a crime, or a person who is performing an illegal act, report the crime tip. Help the police make your neighborhood safe.

Call 1.877.373.9913 or text ALERTBERKS at 847411 with a crime tip.

Crime Alert Berks County is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, which is registered as a charitable organization with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Charitable Organizations.