Councils join crime fight

RAC Insurance, WA police and a number of metropolitan councils have joined forces with Crime Stoppers to raise community awareness and involvement in the program.

The Crime Stoppers telephone number will be erected in public places.

Signage was tested extensively in regional areas in 1998.

A tip-off call to Crime Stoppers that led to a major drug bust in Esperance was attributed to a sign that was the only public reference to the Crime Stop-pers’ 1800 number in the town.

Local Government Minister Paul Omodei urged all local governments to participate in the signage program.