Police Offering Cash for Illegal Gun Tips

[Shadow]

Raleigh

Two police agencies in North Carolina plan to pay anonymous tipsters for information about illegal firearms

The News & Observer of Raleigh reporta that Paleigh's police chief and Wake County sheriff said Friday they will offer money in exchange for tips about stolen guns,unregistered firearms or weapons with serial numbers scratched off

if an anonymous tip leads to an arrest,the tipster will receive up to $200.

Officials say the goal is to reduce gun violemce in Raleigh. In 2008 the state's capital city saw a record 32 homicides and more then 1.000 robberies

[RenegadeRN]

And what will happen is that people who dislike each other will go about lying their tails off and be vindictive telling lies about others to try to get them in trouble. Am betting eventually this scheme will go by the wayside due to the number of false accusations.

[manxxcatt]

Raleigh

Two police agencies in North Carolina plan to pay anonymous tipsters for information about illegal firearms



How do you pay an anonymous tipster? Leave the money in a paper bag under the rock in the park??

[dixieguns]

How do you pay an anonymous tipster? Leave the money in a paper bag under the rock in the park??

My dad used to be in law enforcement. I asked him once because the idea kind of bewildered me too. From what he told me apparently they use PO boxes and just forward the box # and combo to the informant so that they just look like an average person checking their mail.