NYCPF FY24 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 6
The Police Foundation provides resources for four core areas of support which:
Advance Programs to Prevent Violent Crime,
Thwart Terrorism, & Safeguard our City
The NYPD has the most comprehensive
The New York City Police Foundation also
Intelligence & Counterterrorism program in
supports vital rewards programs that rely on
the world, responsible for countless disruptions
the public’s assistance to help solve crimes
accomplished through its collective vigilance
through Operation Gun Stop and Crime
since 2002. The Police Foundation has been
Stoppers, some of the NYPD’s most effective
there to support their efforts every step of the
way. Through the International/Domestic
in 1983, and since 1985, the Police Foundation
Liaison Program (IDLP), the New York City
has coordinated awareness campaigns to
Police Foundation makes it possible for NYPD
encourage participation from the public. The
program offers rewards of up to $3,500 for
major cities around the world.
anonymous information to the 1-800-577-TIPS
hotline, or to 888-57-PISTA for the Spanishspeaking hotline, that leads to the arrest and
vital information on tactics and individuals
indictment of a violent felon. Information may
also be submitted via the Crime Stoppers
potential connections to New York City. They
mobile app or the website, which can be
then provide timely, in-depth analysis directly
translated into 10 different languages. To
to the NYPD. In some cases, the information
date, over $3.3 million in rewards have been
collected by these investigators results in
approved -helping to solve more than 5,600
restructuring training, refreshing response
violent crimes, including nearly 1,600 murders.
strategies, and informing other agencies of
As of April 2025, in an effort to help address
potential threats-- including federal, state,
and local law enforcement partners such
as the National Joint Terrorist Task Force,
the Crime Stoppers Rewards Program has
National Counterterrorism Center, US Customs
expanded its criteria to cover cases of human
& Border Protection, and Drug Enforcement
led to over 7,800 arrests and the removal of
Administration agencies in Washington, D.C.
over 5,000 illegal weapons since the program’s
Last year, through the support of the Police
inception in 2001, with over $3.2 million in Gun
Foundation, the NYPD expanded the IDLP to
Stop rewards approved to date.
add posts in Tucson, Arizona and Bogotá,
Colombia, further expanding on the program’s
focus on terrorism-related threats, attacks, and
transnational crime.
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