 Well, do you have a tip you want to share about an ongoing investigation but want to remain anonymous? Cheryl Winckelman has the details on how Crime Stoppers of Minnesota is teaming up with local law enforcement to do just that. Crime Stoppers of Minnesota has set out to provide a safe place for anyone to share information about a crime, criminal or fugitive. They may be fearful of the police. They may be wanted for something. They may not want to be identified, but they do want to provide that information. Crime Stoppers is meant to be an easy way to help out, so all you have to do is pick up the phone, dial the number and leave your anonymous tip. The phone call will go to a national call center where all incoming calls are not traceable. It goes through a washing software where it scrubs any of the sender's information so we don't have access to it. Once the tip is given, the independent organization passes it along to the local agencies. Law enforcement in any throughout the region or state, you know, we're only as good as the people sometimes that help us. And there's always somebody out there that has some information. Crime Stoppers can receive up to $1000 reward depending on the value of the information. Crime Stoppers of Minnesota will often send out prepaid Visa cards to local banks where the tipster will pick it up to keep their anonymity. People live with these secrets and some of them are really large and we encourage anyone with information on any crime to call Crime Stoppers and give us a tip because it's going to help somebody's life in the long run and that's really what we want to do. We want to help get crime solved and pay people in the process. No matter the type of crime, where it happened or when, you can always call Crime Stoppers. Mainly what we have is a lot of drug cases, a lot of tips on drug information is how we go that road. You can also leave an anonymous tip on their website or smartphone app. And you can call Crime Stoppers of Minnesota toll free from anywhere in Minnesota at 1-800-222-TIPS. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.