This week, we announced a new partnership and tools to help solve crime. My office, along with the Florida Petroleum Marketers Association and the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers are joining together to distribute new promotional material for the statewide crime reporting tip line, **TIPS. We also announced the new Florida Crime Stoppers smartphone app—Florida Crime Stoppers—that allows citizens to anonymously submit tips about unsolved crimes.

**TIPS is the first-of-its-kind, statewide crime-reporting phone number—which means anyone can report crime from anywhere in the state just by dialing **TIPS (8477) from a cellphone.

Law enforcement cannot fight crime alone; it is the responsibility of every law-abiding citizen in this state. Through this partnership, stickers with information on the crime-stopping program will be displayed in approximately 7,000 gas stations and convenience stores across the state. My office will continue to engage Florida citizens to enlist their help and support of law enforcement, so together we can fight back against violent criminals that prey on our communities.

In addition to these latest efforts to promote community involvement in building safer neighborhoods, my office partnered with FACS earlier this year to almost double the reward money for anonymous tips that lead to an arrest in murder cases. Now, tipsters could receive up to $9,500 for information on homicides.

I’m urging anyone who may have information about an unsolved crime in Florida to please call **TIPS or to use the new Florida Crime Stoppers app.

You can remain anonymous and if the information you provide helps law enforcement make an arrest, you may be eligible for a monetary reward worth potentially thousands of dollars.

By helping us solve cases and fight crime, we can build a Stronger, Safer Florida.