Emphasis Preaching Journal

When Greg MacAleese, a police officer in Albuquerque, came up with his idea of having anonymous tipsters call in to the police station with information about a crime, there were doubters. When the idea of a cash reward was attached to the idea, many believed the idea unworkable. But MacAleese, with the help of several others, was persistent. He worked to set up a program, got help fund-raising to build up a reward fund, and launched the program. On September 8, 1976, the first tip came into the hotlines that had been set up and Crime Stoppers was up and running.