OH Mayor Donald L. Plusquellic THE GUN TIP HOT LINE 1. Briefly describe the structure of your program. The Gun Tip Line is targeted toward youths in the school system who have information in reference to other youths possessing illegal weapons. Any person giving information assisting in the retrieval of an illegal gun is presented with a cash reward up to five hundred dollars.
All information is kept in strict confidence.
The mission of the program is to reduce illegal guns on the streets and in the Akron schools. An arrest is not necessarily made. The program was created in Akron in 1997 due to the large number of weapons reported to be in the possession of juveniles. At this time the program has met with limited results. We believe the reason for the shortage of reports is due to a lack of information in the public schools.