Alto al Crimen Boquete Panama Report to the Community

1. Fundacion Alto al
Crimen
Boquete Panama
Report to Community May 2014

2. Why AAC
• The goal is to reduce crime in Boquete
• The means is education, hotline, investigation and
followup
• The model is from Belize
• It works

3. Hotline
• 6477- 6662 is the AAC Hotline Number
• It is staffed 7x24 by a bilingual operator, Rodny
Moreno
• Call for medical emergencies, Crime, road side
emergencies
• Consider it a private 911 service

4. Education
• Seminars on how to protect your home
• Detailed information at http://www.altoalcrimen.com
• Home inspections by volunteers

5. Investigation
• Working with the Police and DIJ
• Providing access to a Private Investigator and
contracting for him when necessary
• Providing information and resources to the Police
when requested and deemed necessary

6. Followup
• A new, desired service needing more funding
• Ensuring cases brought do not fall through the
prosecutorial cracks
• Why? because as we learn, we see the need to
have both arrest and trial.

7. Financial Information
Jan - April 2014

11. The Future of AAC
• It all depends upon you and what you want
• Do you want the hotline, deterrence programs,
education, investigation and bad guys in prison?
• If so we need the community to provide funding.