Crime Stoppers Houston vs USMS Tips

This anonymous mobile app provides the citizens of Houston and surrounding areas the ability to report information they might have or know about unsolved crime happening in the Greater Houston Area. Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards of up to $5,000 on all felony crimes that happen in the Greater Houston/Harris County area. The only requirement is you MUST report your tip directly to the Crime Stoppers Tip Line, either by phone, the website or this mobile app. Things you should know: • Crime Stoppers will never ask you for your name, phone number, address, or any other information that could identify you. • We do not record phone calls or have caller id. We do not record any IP addresses. No one will know you called or reported through this mobile app unless you tell them. • Once you download the mobile app, you will be asked to setup a passcode and then you can give us your tip. This passcode is the only way Crime Stoppers can communicate with you or pay you. • You need to remember this passcode and provide it when you return to the mobile app to check the status of your tip. • Crime Stoppers cannot call you with the status because we don’t ask for your phone number or any of your contact information. • When you return to the mobile app with your passcode, we will let you know if your tip helped law enforcement arrest or charge a felony suspect/fugitive. If it did, we will give you instructions to go to a specific bank on a certain date to pick up your cash reward. You will not be asked to show any id and the money you get does not have to be reported to anyone. Crime Stoppers of Houston has other crime prevention programs and services available for the community. Visit www.crime-stoppers.org for more information. You may also call our office at 713-521-4600 for assistance.

USMS Tips provides the public with a safe and secure way to submit tips to the United States Marshals Service (USMS). The USMS is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for the apprehension of violent fugitives and non-compliant sex offenders, as well as protecting the federal judiciary. The USMS is the federal government’s primary agency for fugitive investigations. In addition to federal fugitive investigations, the Marshals provide assistance to state and local agencies in locating and apprehending their most violent fugitives. The U.S. Marshals “15 Most Wanted” fugitive program draws attention to some of the country’s most dangerous and high-profile fugitives. The USMS is also the lead federal agency to investigate violations of federal sex offender registration laws and to assist state, local, tribal and territorial jurisdictions. The Marshals’ National Sex Offender Targeting Center supports all levels of law enforcement in pursuing unregistered and noncompliant sex offenders, collaborating with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The USMS is committed to the protection of the judicial process by ensuring the safe and secure conduct of judicial proceedings, and protecting federal judges, jurors, and other members of the federal judiciary.