PRINTER'S NO. 2850
No. 231 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY BROUJOS, NAILOR, STEELMAN, KREBS, FAJT, STETLER,
DERMODY, FARGO, CARLSON, STURLA, CESSAR, ULIANA, STABACK,
THOMAS, CLYMER, BOWLEY, McCALL, FAIRCHILD, COHEN, TIGUE,
CAPPABIANCA, COLAIZZO, JOHNSON, ITKIN, D. W. SNYDER, FARMER,
CALTAGIRONE, HERMAN, PESCI, LINTON, GIGLIOTTI, MIHALICH,
ARMSTRONG, WOZNIAK, HARPER, JOSEPHS, M. N. WRIGHT, DONATUCCI,
COY, BLAUM, MARKOSEK, SAURMAN, GERLACH, HERSHEY, CIVERA, FOX,
MARSICO, E. Z. TAYLOR, DENT, TOMLINSON, STEIGHNER, DeLUCA,
COLAFELLA, BOYES, RITTER, BLACK, JAMES, KING, NYCE, LAUGHLIN
AND MELIO, DECEMBER 9, 1991
ADOPTED, DECEMBER 9, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating January 1992 as "Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Month."
2 WHEREAS, Crime Stoppers is an International Organization with
3 over 650 units formed to help curb the crime rate in communities
4 by channeling information received to the proper authorities for
5 investigation; and
6 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers, a Pennsylvania not-for-
7 profit organization that will celebrate its seventh anniversary
8 during 1993, was formed in 1986 through the efforts of the
9 Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the Pennsylvania
10 Chiefs of Police Association, the Pennsylvania State Police and
11 interested businesses and citizens of this Commonwealth; and
12 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers' operations are managed
13 by the Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Community Services,
1 which handles telephone calls through 1-800-4-PA-TIPS and which
2 distributes to appropriate law enforcement agencies all
3 information received for investigation; and
4 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers works in conjunction
5 with over 26 county and regional Crime Stoppers organizations
6 throughout this Commonwealth; and
7 WHEREAS, January is "National Crime Stoppers Month";
8 therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate January
10 1992 as "Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers Month" and wholeheartedly
11 commend Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers and the county and regional
12 Crime Stoppers throughout this Commonwealth for their efforts
13 and success in helping to fight and deter crime in Pennsylvania;
14 and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge public
16 support of this worthy endeavor.
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