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with him and seeing his actions over the years, what a good man he is.”
Scott said Bell loves people, loves his community, and loves Crimestoppers. He is one of the founding members of the organization. He has served as the secretary/treasurer since then.
“We all know that our financial situation is thanks to Fred Bell,” Scott said. “We all tease him and pick at him, but we all know we never had to worry about not being able to make payout, because the money is there.”
Just the work he has done with this program, not even mentioning everything he does for the community, he is a role model.
“He has been a role model for me,” Scott said. “I know for many others. We want you to know how much you mean to us. You are family to each and every one of us. I know you didn’t want to retire, but we want you to be able to enjoy life.you will remain part of this. You are Mr. Crimestoppers.”
Golden Triangle Crimestoppers was formed on Oct. 31, 1991 and includes Oktibbeha, Lowndes, Clay, Monroe and Noxubee Counties. Golden Triangle Crimestoppers is a unique crime fighting tool creating a partnership between the media, private citizens, businesses and all of law enforcement within these counties in an organized effort to solve crimes.
Each week, an unsolved crime is featured in local newspapers, radio and television. These mediums are used to reach those people who may have information about a crime and let them know that if their information leads to an arrest and conviction of a crime, they can be eligible for a reward up to $1000. The caller remains anonymous and is given a specific code number to be used. In all future contacts, the caller is identified only by code number to maintain his/ her anonymity.
Crimestoppers is an extremely successful program to allow those with information about a crime, to pass it along to the proper authorities so it can be given to area law enforcement agencies, while the tipster still remains anonymous.