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<\/p>\nEL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Crime Stoppers of El Paso is inviting the community to hit the course this week for its annual golf tournament, with proceeds helping support the nonprofit\u2019s crime-fighting efforts.<\/p>\n
The third annual \u201cPutt a Stop to Crime\u201d golf tournament is set for October 16 at Painted Dunes Golf Course in Northeast El Paso.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Javier Sambrano, the liaison between Crime Stoppers and local law enforcement agencies, says the fundraiser helps pay for the organization\u2019s operating costs and cash rewards for anonymous tips.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe estimate is right about $45,000 to $48,000 is what it costs to actually run the program. And that’s not including rewards,\u201d said Sgt. Sambrano.<\/p>\n
Sambrano says the amount Crime Stoppers pays in rewards can vary significantly from month to month.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re looking anywhere from, it could be as low as $2,000, to as much as $6,000 a month, or even we’ve had months where we’ve issued out about $10,000 in rewards,\u201d said Sgt. Sambrano.<\/p>\n
Crime Stoppers allows people to provide information about criminal activity anonymously. When information provided to the organization leads to an arrest, the tipster may qualify for a cash reward.<\/p>\n
Sambrano also emphasized that Crime Stoppers is a nonprofit organization and is not a police department program.<\/p>\n
The program was started in El Paso in 1978 and was the first Crime Stoppers program in Texas.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need the community’s help. It’s a program, it’s the first program in the state of Texas, started in 1978, so we’re coming up on 50 years,\u201d said Sgt. Sambrano.<\/p>\n
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Crime Stoppers of El Paso tees up Oct. 16 golf tournament; registration now open<\/p>\n
People can participate in the tournament as individuals or as a team. Individual registration is $125, while a four-person team costs $500.<\/p>\n
Crime Stoppers is also offering sponsorship opportunities and accepting donations for those who want to support the program without playing in the tournament.<\/p>\n
For more information or to register, you can visit the El Paso Crime Stoppers website.<\/a><\/p>\n RECOMMENDED: From pep rallies to parades ‘Battle of the Claw’ fuels El Paso’s oldest football feud<\/a><\/p>\n