General News
26 May, 2026
Crime Stoppers ‘gutted’
VOLUNTEERS of FNQ Crime Stoppers say they are “absolutely gutted” after major changes to the organisation.
For more than 30 years, Crime Stoppers has operated state-wide through a volunteer-led, locally based committee model, but all that will now change, with volunteers no longer to be used in spreading the anti-crime message.
Crime Stoppers Queensland chief executive officer David Hansen said the new model was needed because the way people engaged with organisations had changed significantly, as had the regulatory and technology environments.
“Today, more awareness and reporting is driven through digital and media channels, while governance, safety and compliance requirements have also increased,” he said.
Instead 15 statewide Crime Stoppers ‘ambassadors’ will be appointed to replace the volunteer committees.
But FNQ Volunteer Area Committee chairman Mladen Bosnic said his 45 active volunteers were “absolutely gutted” at the heavy-handed changes.
He said the group had raised $134,000 for a four-wheel-drive vehicle that would enable the group to spread the Crime Stoppers Queensland word.
He said years of building rapport with the local community had proved to be successful but those efforts had now been made defunct.
