One day after a 260 K dollar reward was offered for a wanted murderer in Toronto, he is in custody.

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jimintoronto

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The BOLO project is a fund that offers cash rewards for information that helps Canadian Police find wanted people, who have been charged with murder or other serious crimes. The latest success came just a day after the BOLO project held a news conference in Toronto, where they released their latest "Top 25 most wanted criminals list ". As the Toronto Police Chief said.. We have all the information we need to go to court, we just need to know where these fugitives are . The reward money is raised from Canadian corporations and banks, who have a interest in reducing crime. In this case the wanted man was spotted while receiving medical treatment at a suburban Toronto hospital, by a alert Nurse, who recognized him from the TV news story. Police arrested him without incident. He is accused of shooting and killing a 43 year old man after a argument at a Toronto steak house last year. The reward in this case will be about $260 thousand dollars. In many of these cases, a criminal associate of the wanted person will call in and give information about where the person is living. By offering big money, the crooks will turn on each other. JimB.
 

Wow that's a lot of money. I watch Dateline and I've seen criminals commit murder for hire for as little as $1000. I would think 25,000 would be enough for most criminals to turn snitch. Good program though!
 
Della said:
Wow that's a lot of money. I watch Dateline and I've seen criminals commit murder for hire for as little as $1000. I would think 25,000 would be enough for most criminals to turn snitch. Good program though!
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This guy was the "poster boy " for the BOLO program because of the horrible nature of the murder. The usual reward is $50,000. It works for sure. I will also point out that the money is privately donated. NO public funds are used. JimB.
 

There are usually monetary rewards offered to those who help solve homicides in the U.S. However. these rewards seem to have little effect on the overall number of murders, or the capture of the assailants. The Unsolved murder rate has remained at about 40%, for years. About the Only time these rewards seem to have any effect is when it is a high profile/mass murder event.
 
Don M. said:
There are usually monetary rewards offered to those who help solve homicides in the U.S. However. these rewards seem to have little effect on the overall number of murders, or the capture of the assailants. The Unsolved murder rate has remained at about 40%, for years. About the Only time these rewards seem to have any effect is when it is a high profile/mass murder event.
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You might want to look at this link to the Toronto Police Homicide unit's solve percentage. Since 1921 to the present year, the TPS homicide unit has averaged a 80 percent clearance rate on murder cases each year. Read this Toronto Police Service :: To Serve and Protect BTW in Canada there are 188 Police officers for every 100,000 people. In the USA that number is 225 per 100,000 people. JimB.
 
jimintoronto said:
You might want to look at this link to the Toronto Police Homicide unit's solve percentage.
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I'm quite sure that the situation in Canada is far better than what happens in the U.S. I'm also quite sure that Canada doesn't have anywhere near the number of lunatics and drug/street gangs that roam our streets.
 
I think it is too much money. What if the guilty party gets a friend to turn him in. Look how much money he would have to get a top-rated lawyer to handle his case in court.
 
Sassycakes said:
I think it is too much money. What if the guilty party gets a friend to turn him in. Look how much money he would have to get a top-rated lawyer to handle his case in court.
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Lets remember that these are murders, and the Police and the Crown attorneys already have conclusive evidence prepared to go to trial. They just need information about where to find the subject person. It works. JimB.
 
Don M. said:
I'm quite sure that the situation in Canada is far better than what happens in the U.S. I'm also quite sure that Canada doesn't have anywhere near the number of lunatics and drug/street gangs that roam our streets.
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Don, my point was to contrast your comment about "only 40 percent of murders are ever solved ". Did you read the link I posted from the Toronto Homicide unit's website ? We do get better results here. Why do you think that is the case ? JimB.
 
Don M. said:
There are usually monetary rewards offered to those who help solve homicides in the U.S. However. these rewards seem to have little effect on the overall number of murders, or the capture of the assailants. The Unsolved murder rate has remained at about 40%, for years. About the Only time these rewards seem to have any effect is when it is a high profile/mass murder event.
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Of course, my only information comes from TV cop shows, but whenever a monster reward is posted, it brings out the nuts- the psychics, the fast buck guys, armchair detectives, the people who solve cases by dreaming, etc. They produce so many worthless leads, that the cops spend way too much time "running them down".
 
fuzzybuddy said:
Of course, my only information comes from TV cop shows, but whenever a monster reward is posted, it brings out the nuts- the psychics, the fast buck guys, armchair detectives, the people who solve cases by dreaming, etc. They produce so many worthless leads, that the cops spend way too much time "running them down".
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Homicide investigators usually hold back some critical facts that only the killer would know. This helps to filter out the nuts. The Toronto Police Service homicide unit has 48 investigators, who work in pairs. To get to be one of them, a officer has to have a minimum of ten years of increasing responsibility and a wide ranging amount of experience. The TPS homicide unit is the top of the department in terms of expertise and innovative use of technology. JimB.
 

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