Sec. 29-1d. Local crime stoppers program. Definition. Evidence of certain communications not admissible.
Sec. 29-1d. Local crime stoppers program. Definition. Evidence of certain
communications not admissible. (a) As used in this section, "local crime stoppers
program" means a private, nonprofit organization operated on less than a state-wide
level, which accepts and expends donations for rewards to persons who report to the
organization information concerning criminal activity, and which forwards the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
(b) Evidence of a communication between a person submitting a report of criminal
activity to a local crime stoppers program and the person who accepted the report on
behalf of the local crime stoppers program is not admissible in a court or an administrative proceeding.
(P.A. 84-540, S. 1-3, 7; P.A. 95-12.)
History: P.A. 95-12 deleted Subsecs. (b) to (g), inclusive, re Crime Stoppers Advisory Council, relettering remaining
Subsec. as (b) and deleting references to the council.