Global Annual Awards

Crime Stoppers International’s Annual Awards have long been a prestigious global platform celebrating the remarkable achievements of Crime Stoppers programs and partners, and also honoring individuals who exemplify extraordinary commitment to the our mission at local, national, and international levels.

We’re thrilled to unveil our revitalized Global Annual Awards—bigger, bolder, more contemporary than ever, and designed to:

Recognize outstanding contributions to crime prevention and public safety, spanning individuals, law enforcement agencies, corporate partners, and private firms
Highlight cutting-edge innovations in technology, intelligence, and public-private collaboration in tackling crime
Foster best practices and knowledge-sharing across sectors; and
Provide an exciting new opportunity for direct entries from the corporate world.

Corporate & Private Sector recognition like never before! We’re especially excited to introduce six new Awards providing a global platform for corporate and private sector entities (corporations, not-for-profits, NGOs, and civil society groups) that recognizes outstanding effort, shining a light on those making a real difference in crime detection, investigation and prevention worldwide. For the first time, organizations that may not work directly with a Crime Stoppers program but are achieving outstanding results in reducing crime, increasing community awareness, or enhancing law enforcement capacity or capability, will be eligible to apply for:

Outstanding Enhanced Safety Award
Corporate Leadership in Crime Prevention Award
Technology & Innovation in Security Award
Retail & Business Crime Prevention Award
Public-Private Partnership in Crime Prevention Award
Cybersecurity Leadership Award

Join us as a sponsor! A dynamic range of sponsorship options is available, including naming rights for each major Award category. Please reach out to our Head of Sponsorship and Fundraising, Gill Wilson, to secure one of a very limited number of exclusive opportunities for your organization.

Mark your calendars! Award entries will open 15 June 2025 and close on 31 July 2025.

Exciting Sponsorship Opportunities

A dynamic range of sponsorship options is available, including naming rights for each Award category. To secure one of these very limited and exclusive opportunities on behalf of your organization, please get in touch with our Head of Sponsorship and Fundraising.

Each Award Category Sponsor receives:

Acknowledgement as:

Award Sponsor for the Award Presentation Session in the online program.
Awards Sponsor announced on our website with a hyperlink to your company website.
Awards Sponsor announced on our socials and featured in our quarterly eNewsletter.
Awards Sponsor on Award trophies/certificates, advertising and all communication materials.
Awards Sponsor acknowledgement in the opening of the Award presentations.
Awards Sponsor profile in the Q4 edition of our eNewsletter covering the Award Ceremony, presentations and winning entries.

Opportunity to co-present Awards: to individual winners/recipients during the Award Presentation Ceremony.

Social media posts on our social media channels: including acknowledgment of sponsorship in posts intended to generally promote and heighten interest, as well as specific posts for ‘entries open’, countdown posts to ‘entries closed’, and countdown posts to the Awards Presentation Ceremony date.

Invitation to relevant industry collaborations: partnerships with corporate security firms, retail associations, and cybercrime organizations to expand impact.

Invitation to exclusive quarterly mixers: invite-only online events for current and potential corporate partners to learn of our organization’s most recent achievements, developments and project outcomes. Hosted by our CEO and Deputy CEO with our Directors and Specialist Advisors often in attendance.

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Award Categories

Individual Recognition Awards – entry to the Crime Stoppers International Hall of Fame

Crime Stoppers Lifetime Achievement Award (formerly, the Coralie Wagner Memorial Award) – recognizing an individual with a long-standing commitment to the Crime Stoppers mission.
Outstanding Crime Stoppers Volunteer of the Year Award (formerly, Civilian of the Year Award) – celebrating a volunteer who has demonstrated exceptional dedication.
Law Enforcement Partnership Award (formerly, the Paul D Boudreau Program Coordinator Award) – honoring an officer or unit that has effectively collaborated with Crime Stoppers.
Media Partner Awards

In recognition of media-related organizations (advertising, marketing, communications, and public relations agencies) that have provided exceptional support to one or more Crime Stoppers programs.
Excellence in Media Support for Crime Stoppers – honoring journalists or media outlets for outstanding local, national or international coverage.
Community Impact of the Year – recognizing a media company (local, national & international) that has contributed significantly to Crime Stoppers' success as demonstrated through the achievement of extraordinary reach or markedly increased engagement.
Best agency-developed initiative – recognizing an innovative or wide-reaching media campaign (traditional print, radio, television, website or social media) that:
o addresses a specific crime type or community concern
o raises awareness about Crime Stoppers generally; or
o provides a call-to-action for a targeted audience.
Crime Stoppers Program Awards

Global Expansion Award (formerly the Gary Murphy Global Expansion Award: created in honour of a past CSI President, 2007-2011, who was passionate about encouraging the establishment of new programs to expand the Crime Stoppers global footprint and reach) – recognizing a recently established Crime Stoppers program that has achieved proficiency and positive results.
Most Impactful Crime Stoppers Program – recognizing the most significant contributions by a national or local Crime Stoppers program, determined through success metrics such as total property seized, total drugs/firearms/tobacco seized, or total arrests etc.
Innovation in Tackling Crime Award – highlighting a program that has implemented a new technology or leveraged the use of an existing technology or creative outreach strategies in delivering the CS program to their communities.
Community Engagement & Awareness Award – rewarding outstanding public engagement, demonstrated through the development and implementation of innovative, impactful and sustainable training or community crime awareness initiatives and covering a specific crime type or community concern, as determined through metrics such as reach, level of engagement, increase in category-specific tips received pre- and post-campaign.
Cybercrime & Digital Safety Initiative Award – recognizing a program tackling online crime, fraud, and digital threats.
Collaboration Award – recognizing a Crime Stoppers program that has collaborated with another Crime Stoppers program(s) in the spirit of cooperation to:
o deliver positive mutual outcomes
o share resources or technology
o undertake joint projects to reduce crime; or
o bring awareness of crime types to their communities.
Corporate & PrIvate Sector Awards

In recognition of those entities – companies, not-for-profits, non-governmental and civil society organizations – that are not working direct with a Crime Stoppers program but are achieving outstanding results in reduction of crime, increased community awareness of crime, or increased law enforcement capacity or capability.
Outstanding Enhanced Safety Award – recognizing a company or team that has made significant contributions to public safety through intelligence-sharing, surveillance, or crime prevention initiatives.
Corporate Leadership in Crime Prevention Award – honoring a corporation that has demonstrated a strong commitment to crime prevention through funding support, awareness campaigns, or technology development.
Technology & Innovation in Security Award – celebrating a company or individual that has developed cutting-edge security technology or digital solutions that enhance crime detection and/or prevention.
Retail & Business Crime Prevention Award – recognizing a retail or corporate entity that has implemented outstanding measures to reduce fraud, theft, or organized retail crime.
Public-Private-Partnership in Crime Reduction Award – Acknowledging a collaborative effort between law enforcement, and businesses to address crime through intelligence-sharing, joint operations, or security initiatives.
Cybersecurity Leadership Award – recognizing a corporate entity that has demonstrated excellence in cybercrime awareness, training and prevention, data protection, and digital threat mitigation.

Entries open 15 June 2025

Nomination & Selection Process

Important dates

Awards open: 15 June 2025
Awards close: 31 July 2025 midnight New York time
Judging & due diligence finalized: w/c 1 September 2025
Winners notified: w/c 15 September 2025
Online Presentation Ceremony: mid-October 2025

Eligibility

Open to Crime Stoppers programs and chapters, law enforcement agencies, private security firms, businesses and corporations, media.
All entries must pertain to activities conducted last calendar year.
For full details, read the Award Categories and Terms and Conditions sections.

Entry Fee

Individual Recognition Awards & Crime Stoppers Program Awards & Media Partner Awards: if the program submitting a nomination is affiliated with a National or Regional entity that is a member of Crime Stoppers International, there is no entry fee. For programs not a member of an entity associated with Crime Stoppers International, an entry fee of US $50 per submission applies.
Media Partner Awards: media agencies are welcome to submit entries direct. An entry fee of US $100 per submission applies.
Corporate & Private Sector Awards: an entry fee of US $200 per submission applies.

Evaluation Criteria

Impact (eg demonstrated engagement, reach), innovation, scalability, and alignment with the Crime Stoppers mission.

Judging Panel

The judging panel is diverse. Its independent members are drawn from crime prevention, corporate security, and law enforcement, and are supported by the Crime Stoppers International Awards Committee.

Terms & Conditions

All submissions must relate to activity conducted last calendar year.
Any Crime Stoppers program or chapter submitting an entry, whether formally affiliated with Crime Stoppers International or not, must be a member in good standing with their respective Regional or National Crime Stoppers entity, or must be operating in line with the fundamental principles of the Crime Stoppers ethos – that is, be providing a strictly anonymous reporting channel; be a registered not-for-profit charity governed by an independent board; and have a formal agreement with law enforcement for the receipt of anonymous tips.
Nominees for Individual Recognition Awards agree to media publicity and promotion associated with the Awards, including the use of any photos submitted or taken at the Awards Presentation Ceremony.
Nominees for an Individual Recognition Award cannot have been a previous recipient of the same Award category.
Entities nominating for a Corporate & Private Sector Award agree to media publicity and promotion associated with the Awards.
All criteria should be addressed in submissions. Checkout the Hints & Tips section for useful suggestions.
Where relevant, supporting documents and photos must accompany a submission.
Information, photos and supporting materials submitted may be used and distributed by Crime Stoppers International for media and promotional purposes.
Incomplete submissions or submissions entered in a false community size (population) category will be disqualified.
Decisions of the Judging Panel are final.

Hints & Tips

Make sure you have everything you need before stating to fill in an Entry Form - all necessary information, including any supporting documents/attachments.
Understand the general information and guidelines for your Award category because they are not all the same.
Carefully read the Award entry criteria to determine the most appropriate category for your entry.
Be sure to complete the correct Entry Form. Fill in all required fields and provide all necessary supporting documentation.
Keep your answers short and to the point.
A separate Entry Form is required for each Award submission/nomination.
If your submission is for a Crime Stoppers Program Award, double-check that you have nominated the correct community size for the population your program serves.
Submissions must address the criteria specified for the relevant Award category and must clearly demonstrate the achievements of the individual, program, campaign or activity.
Include any relevant URLs and hyperlinks, and make sure these work.
Provide a 50-word synopsis for each submission for potential publicity purposes.
If your submission is for an Individual Recognition Award, include a brief (100 word) bio and at least one recent hi-res head & shoulders .jpg of your nominee.
Check you have spelt everything correctly because this is how things will appear on Awards – ie the name of your program, chapter or company; the name of a nominated individual; the nominated campaign or initiative; or any partner organization.
Attach/upload copies of relevant supporting documents (eg statistical reports, media articles, images, video etc). These must be recent, clear and relevant to your application.
Particularly large documents should be uploaded as compressed/zipped files.
Before pressing Submit, do one final check to make sure you’ve addressed all of the above.

FAQs

To determine your entry’s value, the Judging Panel is looking for objective measures that answer questions like, ‘what results have been achieved?’, ‘has the project been effective?’ and ‘how has it changed community awareness, understanding or engagement?’ For example, you may have done a basic post-implementation review of your campaign, project or initiative or you might have engaged a professional market research agency to conduct a formal evaluation.
Yes – but only if your nominee has not already been recognized in the Award category that you are putting them forward for.
Yes – but it is critical you demonstrate significant change or progress since the campaign, project or initiative was last submitted for consideration. You need to explain what has changed and differentiate between the former submission and your entry this time around, clearly outlining why you believe the entry is worthy of resubmission.
In good standing means a Crime Stoppers Regional or National entity, corporation, program, chapter or individual that is a paid-up member of Crime Stoppers International, or has financial terms approved by Crime Stoppers International and, where appropriate, is certified as a member of Crime Stoppers International.
Entry Forms and supporting materials are to be completed and submitted online by no later than midnight on 31 July (New York time).
No – we are unable to return entries submitted.
Drop us an email at awards@csiworld.org and we’ll do our best to help!