Crimestoppers

A reminder of the importance of reporting crime and providing information that could lead to an arrest.

RCMP Sergeant Julie Goulet recently made a presentation to Moncton City Council about Crimestoppers.

In 2025, the program that allows tips to be reported anonymously celebrated 40 years.

“Crimestoppers is a community-based program, and it’s helping to stop, solve, and prevent crime together in the community. It was on one officer’s vision, Detective Greg MacAleese, who developed the program in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1976. Detective MacAleese is actually from Canada, from Moncton, New Brunswick,” Goulet explained.

Crimestoppers has support from all levels of government, federal, provincial and municipal. It is run by volunteers who make up a provincial executive board. New Brunswick has 12 chapters, including Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe.

“So a tipster never has to provide any personal information, and doesn’t have to go to court,” Goulet added.

Those who report criminal acts to Crimestoppers may receive a cash reward if the provided tips are sufficient enough to help make an arrest. But Goulet stated that most people don’t want the cash reward, they want to do good for the community.

“All these tips over the 40 years have resulted in or have only cost $242,000 in reward payments, which is really not a lot of money if you think about all the crimes that have been solved. If you look at the statistics, 9.7 million in stolen property recovered and drugs off the street and arrests made,” Goulet stressed.

Crimestoppers tips can be made online or by calling 1-800-222-TIPS