The City of Fort Worth Police Department, the Arlington Police Department and the Tarrant County Sheriff’s office have joined forces with the Safe City Commission’s Crime Stoppers to launch a new web-based crime-fighting tool. Residents can now submit a Crime Stopper tip through an anonymous live web chat by clicking the “chat” button on the Safe City commission Crime Stoppers website.

Law enforcement professionals believe the ability to carry out a two-way web communication with the tipster will enhance the collection of accurate information needed to assist officers in preventing and investigating crimes. The secure service assigns the tipster an alias allowing complete anonymity.

The new system hopefully will entice more tipsters to come forward as more people turn to the Internet as a favored means of communication. Safe City Crime Stoppers will continue other methods of gathering anonymous tips including the hotline, 817-469-TIPS; a website 469tips.com; and text messaging to “tip117 plus your message” to CRIMES (274637)

For more information, call 817-392-6594.