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On Wednesday, Orlando
Mayor Buddy Dyer, Police Chief Val Demings and Crimeline will
announce the results of an effort that generated hundreds of
tips from the community, doubled the number of guns taken
off the street and locked violent offenders behind bars.
Modeled after a best practice from Jacksonville, the Illegal
Gun Bounty program gives a $1,000 cash reward for information
that leads to an arrest, a gun recovery and a weapons charge.
Based on the success the Illegal Gun Bounty program had
engaging the community in crime fighting solutions, Mayor
Dyer is announcing a new partnership with Crimeline and Clear
Channel Outdoor aimed at identifying and arresting wanted
criminals.
In 2006, Mayor Dyer and the Orlando City Council committed
additional resources to combat the rise in crime, including, the
multi-year, $100 million Public Safety Initiative which put
additional police officers patrolling our streets, established
the Safe Orlando Task Force to develop short and long-term
recommendations, and OPD's deployment of TAC units.
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