NORFOLK CRIME LINE MYTHS
Myth #1:
Norfolk Crime Line is a Police Program.
The Truth:
Norfolk Crime Line is funded entirely by private donations from concerned citizens and companies. Volunteer citizen boards administer the program, raise funds and approve rewards.
"Tipsters" need to testify to collect rewards.
Callers to Norfolk Crime Line need never testify or even be identified to collect rewards. Confidentiality has played a key role in the success of the program.
Norfolk Crime Line doesn't pay.
The Truth: If Crime Line didn't follow through on its promises, it would never have survived. In an average year, Norfolk Crime Line pays out more than $17,000 in rewards, recovering tens of thousands, sometimes more than a million dollars in drugs & stolen property.
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