The Florida Association of Crime Stoppers (FACS) is a private, not for profit organization that provides networking and support for Crime Stoppers programs throughout the state of Florida.  FACS also provides financial and technical assistance to communities that wish to start a new program in their counties.

          FACS was founded in 1981 as a networking organization for a few, fledgling Crime Stoppers organizations such as Central Florida Crime Line and the Crime Stoppers Council of Broward County. Today, the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers, a not for profit organization, represents twenty-eight Crime Stoppers programs throughout the state of Florida.  FACS member programs provide Crime Stoppers services to 52 of the 67 counties within Florida.  FACS continues to be a leader in the national and international Crime Stoppers community.

          In 1998, the FACS organization spearheaded the creation of the Crime Stoppers Trust Fund, which is funded by surcharges on criminal case fines.  The Crime Stoppers Trust Fund, which on average collects approximately five million dollars annually, provides the much needed funding for individual Crime Stoppers programs through a grant program that is overseen by the Office of the Attorney General.

 

The Florida Association of Crime Stoppers seeks to facilitate the solving of unsolved crimes and to assist law enforcement in obtaining intelligence information from the public by supporting the various Crime Stoppers programs around the state of Florida.  One of our main goals is to assist in the establishment of new Crime Stoppers programs throughout the state and to coordinate the establishment of standards, while protecting the autonomy of the  member program.

Name	Position
Steve Rowland	President
Barb Bergin	Vice President
Lisa Haber	Secretary
Kathy McGhin	Treasurer
Jack Sullivan	Past President
Wyllie Hodges	Board Member
Don Maclaren	Board Member