2021 Annual Report - El Paso Police Department

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El Paso Police Department

Public Information Office

Crime Stoppers

they can receive a reward if their tip leads to an arrest or disciplinary action. Every week, we compile and distribute our Most Wanted fugitive list at the request of our law enforcement partners. In 2021, we featured 346 wanted fugitives. Through tips, police fieldwork, and self-surrenders, 174 wanted suspects were arrested. The Crime of the Week spotlights an unsolved case from one of our law enforcement partners that is distributed and publicized through local news media and our social media profiles. Our Crime of the Week has helped solve homicides, aggravated robberies, identity thefts, and much more with the help of tips submitted by the public. With the support of our local and business communities, Crime Stoppers aims to enhance and increase safety in El Paso as it continues to grow.

Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. has given El Pasoans an anonymous voice in fighting crime since 1978. The mission of the non-profit organization is to carry out a community offensive against crime by working with the community, law enforcement, and the media to solve crimes. Through our program, criminal information is received anonymously, sent to our law enforcement partners, and cases are published through the media. Additionally, tipsters are rewarded monetarily if their tip results in an arrest. Our ongoing efforts resulted in a 59% increase in cases cleared and a 46% increase in arrests for 2021. The program also gained 4,000 new followers on social media, and our website traffic increased by 13%, about half the population of the city. In addition, we were recognized by the Governor’s Office as having cleared the most cases for a population of our size in 2020. This shows the effectiveness of Crime Stoppers of El Paso and how we engage with the community and foster trust. Since inception, Crime Stoppers of El Paso has helped arrest 4,625 subjects, cleared 6,150 cases, recovered $48,852,360 in narcotics, $44,484,474 in recovered property, and have issued $1,183,050 in rewards. The program also supports the initiatives of local law enforcement agencies. We regularly work with the El Paso Police Department, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Texas DPS, campus police, and many other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The program also takes tips related to criminal activity occurring on school grounds. Students are able to call our tipline to anonymously report information. In turn,

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Sergeant Robert Gomez Sergeant Enrique Carrillo Detective Judy Oviedo Officer Adrian Cisneros Officer Jesus Becerra

Sergeant Javier Sambrano

The Public Information Office’s mission is to provide information to the public in a timely manner for emergencies, traffic incidents, investigations, current events, and crime trends. This is accomplished by posting press releases through the Department’s website, posting information on six social media sites to include Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Nextdoor, and YouTube. The PIO also hosts virtual meetings that the public can participate in and ask questions as well as providing information through interviews with the members of the media.

/ElPasoPolice /eppolice /eppolicetraffic /eppolice

Facebook Twitter Twitter Traffic Instagram YouTube Nextdoor

Arrests Tips Received Calls Received Cleared Cases Rewards

54 1,232 2,236 167

/ElPasoPoliceDepartment /el-paso-police-department

Press Releases Call-Outs Virtual Townhall Meetings Held

292 35 2 536 265,647 9,151

$27,200.00 $177,473.00 $11,00.00

Recovered Narcotics Recovered Property

Media Notifications Sent Social Media Followers Social Media Posts

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2021 Annual Report

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