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| 2008-11-24 |
| The Albuquerque Police Department has turned to the want ads for snitches. An ad this week in the alternative newspaper The Alibi asks "people who hang out with crooks" to do part-time work for the police. It reads in part: "Make some extra cash! Drug use and criminal record OK." Capt. Joe Hudson says police received more than 30 responses in two days. He says one tip was a "big one" but wouldn't elaborate. An informant whose tip helps officers arrest a drug dealer could earn $50. A tip about a murder suspect could bring up to $700. It's not the first time department has run ads. In a program 10 years ago, police received so many calls they turned the phones off. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Other than the president-elect and his friends, bj-ky? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-11-24 17:56 |
| #6 Off a crack addict some crack and he'll tell you whatever you want to know. Of course his info might already be well known to the police. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-24 16:46 |
| #5 What about exposing communists? I could finger a few of those. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-24 14:49 |
| #4 Offer 10% of the stash and watch the phones ring! |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-11-24 14:20 |
| #3 Offer 10% of any cash recovered. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-11-24 13:59 |
| #2 well it's a $1000 fine in GA they should at least split what the fine would be |
| Posted by: chris 2008-11-24 13:20 |
| #1 How much for littering? |
| Posted by: ed 2008-11-24 13:18 |