This week, we announced a near-doubling of award money for anonymous tips on murder cases that lead to an arrest. This increase will take the maximum allowable award amount for actionable tips from $5,000 to $9,500.

While Florida has enjoyed decades of declining crime rates statewide, some violent offenses are drastically on the rise in certain areas of our state. I am hopeful this increase in the award amount will incentivize more Floridians with knowledge about murders and homicides to anonymously come forward and work with us to solve crimes.

The Florida Association of Crime Stoppers has a record of successfully providing law enforcement with accurate tips leading to arrests in our state. Over the past year, thousands of citizens reported tips through Florida Crime Stoppers leading to more than 2,000 arrests.

This new reward increase is just the latest enhancement by my office, and Florida Crime Stoppers, to the statewide anonymous reporting program. In October of last year, I joined the crime-fighting organization to announce a statewide phone number for reporting crime anonymously—making Florida the first state in the nation to move to a uniform reporting phone number. Now, citizens are able to provide tips about unsolved cases from anywhere in the state by dialing ** TIPS (8477).

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If you know something that would help law enforcement bring a killer to justice, be brave. Call **Tips. The information you provide may help stop a killer, bring some closure to a family who lost a loved one or even prevent future homicides.

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By helping law enforcement solve homicide cases and put dangerous criminals behind bars, we will build a Stronger, Safer Florida.