Toronto Crime Stoppers world’s third busiest tip line, solves 15,738 crimes since 1984 -

Toronto Crime Stoppers world’s third busiest tip line, solves 15,738 crimes since 1984 - 




Toronto is the third busiest Crime Stoppers tip line in the world next to London, England, and South Africa, which stands third.


Almost 10,000 tips pour in a year, Crime Stoppers officials announced Tuesday at police headquarters during the launch of Crime Stoppers Month.


Det. Darlene Ross, co-ordinator of the Toronto Crime Stoppers, said it was through Crime Stoppers tips that charges were laid in the case last year of a girl who was shown on video being beaten by three other girls.


The girl, captured on video, was beaten and kicked on Yonge St. The video went viral and police soon made arrests and pressed charges.


“The phones rang off the hook,” Ross said.


“Working with Crime Stoppers has renewed my faith in people,” Ross told the Star later in an interview. “Half the people who call in don’t even claim the money even though they are eligible for a reward. They contact us because they want to do the right thing.”


The Toronto Crime Stoppers program is entering its 28th year, and last year, almost 10,000 tips poured in from the 1-800-222-TIPS line and their secure online form.


Tips are also received on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.


Chief Bill Blair says that the Toronto program has been responsible for solving 15,738 cases since its inception in 1984. Acting deputy chief Jeff McGuire told the crowd Tuesday that Crime Stoppers tips have led to 34,000 charges since its inception.


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Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Microsoft Supplier Plant In China, would throw themselves from plant roof in demand for $ -

Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Microsoft Supplier Plant In China, would throw themselves from plant roof in demand for $ - 


Some 300 Chinese Foxconn employees who manufacture X-box 360 machines said they would throw themselves from their Wuhan, China, plant if demands for lost wages were not met.


China Jasmine Revolution, an activist revolutionary organization with a name borrowed from the Tunisian revolt that set off the Middle East unrest, reported that employees made their demands for a wage increase for 100 employees on Jan. 2.


Management at Foxconn — the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer and a crucial link in the supply chains of Apple, Dell, Nintendo and Song — responded with an ultimatum. Employees could quit with one month’s compensation awarded for each year with the plant or go back to working.


Many employees quit, but Foxconn allegedly dishonored the agreement and awarded former employees nothing.


Around 300 workers returned to the plant in an uproar, and staged their protest on the plant’s roof on Jan. 3.



Wuhan’s mayor intervened through hours of negotiations, walking them back from the roof’s edge until 9 p.m. when workers agreed to return to work, according to China.com.


Calls to Foxconn were not immediately returned.


A Microsoft spokesperson wrote CBS Seattle a statement saying, “Microsoft takes working conditions in the factories that manufacture its products very seriously, and we are currently investigating this issue. We have a stringent Vendor Code of Conduct that spells out our expectations, and we monitor working conditions closely on an ongoing basis and address issues as they emerge. Microsoft is committed to the fair treatment and safety of workers employed by our vendors, and to ensuring conformance with Microsoft policy.” ­


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