PRINTER'S NO. 78
No. 12 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY BROUJOS, NAILOR, PESCI, MELIO, SURRA, NOYE, BLAUM,
CLYMER, COLAIZZO, COWELL, VAN HORNE, TIGUE, CESSAR, HESS,
ULIANA, GEIST, HAGARTY, FLEAGLE, KAISER, MIHALICH, FAJT,
TANGRETTI, WOZNIAK, MARSICO, DEMPSEY, COY, FAIRCHILD, HANNA,
B. SMITH, KRUSZEWSKI, McGEEHAN, DERMODY, KREBS, FARMER,
JOSEPHS, PERZEL, SCHULER, ANGSTADT, LESCOVITZ, E. Z. TAYLOR,
ALLEN, BELFANTI, TRELLO, HERSHEY, JOHNSON, BILLOW, LEH,
BATTISTO, G. SNYDER, KASUNIC, HERMAN, ARNOLD, SAURMAN, DENT,
DeLUCA, NAHILL, VEON, SERAFINI, GIGLIOTTI, TELEK, CARLSON,
PRESTON AND JADLOWIEC, JANUARY 28, 1991
ADOPTED, JANUARY 28, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating January, 1991, as "Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers
2 Month."
3 WHEREAS, Crime Stoppers is an international organization with
4 over 450 units formed to help curb the crime rate in communities
5 by channeling information received to the proper authorities for
6 investigation; and
7 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, a Pennsylvania not-for-
8 profit organization, will celebrate its 6th anniversary during
9 1991, having been formed in 1986 through the efforts of the
10 Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry, the Pennsylvania
11 Chiefs of Police Association, the Pennsylvania State Police and
12 interested businesses and citizens of the Commonwealth of
13 Pennsylvania; and
14 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is under the direction
1 of a board of directors from the business community and
2 concerned citizens; and
3 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers' operations are managed
4 by the Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Community Services,
5 which handles telephone calls through 1-800-4-PA-TIPS and which
6 distributes to appropriate law enforcement agencies all
7 information received for investigation; and
8 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers works in conjunction
9 with over 23 county and regional Crime Stoppers organizations
10 throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and
11 WHEREAS, January is "National Crime Stoppers Month";
12 therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
14 January, 1991, as "Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Month" and
15 wholeheartedly commend Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers and the
16 county and regional Crime Stoppers organizations throughout this
17 Commonwealth for their efforts and success in helping to fight
18 and deter crime in Pennsylvania; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge public
20 support of this worthy endeavor.
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