Hit-and-Run Reward: Why Do We Care?
In the Hit and Run Reward Program, hit-and-run rewards of up to $1,000 will be awarded for the arrest and felony conviction of hit-and-run drivers by way of anonymous tips provided through the WeTip crime hotline, 800-6-Hit-N-Run (800-644-8678).
Hit-and run-accidents have reached epidemic proportions. Each year, lawyers represent victims of hit-and-run accidents and their families whose lives have been devastated by hit-and-run drivers. The goal of the Hit-and-Run Reward Program is to wipe out hit-and-run offenses by offering cash rewards to anonymous tipsters who care enough to report these crimes.
We are utterly appalled by the inhumanity of hit-and-run drivers who flee the scene of a serious accident, leaving injured victims to suffer or die. In addition to being an advocate for hit-and-run accident victims, we have seen an increase in the number of hit-and-run driving cases it has represented in the last five years alone which prompted its partnership with WeTip and the launch of the Hit-and-Run Reward program.
WeTip is a leading anonymous crime reporting service and law enforcement advocacy non-profit organization that facilitates anonymous tips from all 50 states, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, as well as Canada. Since 1972, WeTip has facilitated over 475,000 anonymous tips leading to over 15,000 criminal arrests and more than 8,000 convictions, including hit and run offenders. Tips are facilitated 24 hours a day, seven days a week by the company's staff of bilingual operators trained in safeguarding an informant's complete anonymity.
