OUR MISSION
		The Mission of the Campus Crime Stoppers (an affiliate of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers, Inc.) is to help provide a safe and secure school environment for students, teachers and staff by providing an anonymous means for students to provide information to School Resource Officers or school officials regarding criminal or illegal activity that has occurred or may occur on their school campus. In doing so, students become eligible for cash rewards The mission of Campus Crime Stoppers is also to conduct programs that increase student awareness of Campus Crime Stoppers.
	WHAT IS CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS?
		Campus Crime Stoppers is an integral part of the overall Charlotte-Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers program. Formed in 1993, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Campus Crime Stoppers targets middle schools and high schools throughout the greater the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System (CMS) and has a ten year history of effectiveness in providing a means for students to help make their own schools safer. Since inception Campus Crime Stoppers has been successful in helping remove weapons and drugs from our schools, as well as providing information that has resulted in solving crimes involving vandalism, assaults and threats to students. Campus Crime Stoppers educates students on the importance of safety and security at school through posters, flyers, home room meetings, tee shirts and other materials that help promote awareness. The Campus Crime Stoppers program has been extremely successful and has become a model for other community’s crime stopper programs.
	HOW CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS WORKS
		A student can provide information to a School Resource Officer or school official in an anonymous manner, much like the Crime Stopper Community program. Their identify is never revealed. Click HERE for a list of participating schools. Rewards range from $10 to $250 based upon the tip of crime or incident reported and a recommendation by the Board of Directors
	HOW CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS WORKS
		Every year the High School and Middle School conducting the most active, visible, and successful Campus Crime Stopper awareness program is recognized at an annual Awards Luncheon in which the winning schools are awarded $500 to further their efforts in helping keep their school campus safe and secure.
	2008 AWARDS
		Middle School SRO of the Year Office Brock Martin School of the Year Community House Middle School – Principal Gifford K. Lockley High School SRO of the Year Officer Michelle Archer School of the Year David W. Butler High School – Principal Theresa Hopkins Honorable Mention High School Julio Herrera – Ardrey Kell High School Middle School Maurice McDonald – Martin Luther King Middle School Rob Kierce – Jay M. Robinson Middle School Lifetime Achievement Award Officer Shan Kershner