ANTELOPE VALLEY : School Crime-Tips Program Leads to Arrest on 1st Day
On the first day of a new program awarding cash for crime tips in the Antelope Valley School District, two students were each awarded $25 for turning in a classmate who was arrested for carrying a BB gun to class, school officials said Thursday.
The Littlerock High School junior, a 17-year-old boy whose name was not released because of his age, was arrested by campus police and released to his parents. He was cited with a misdemeanor firearm violation, according to a sheriff’s deputy.
The names of the students who turn in their gun-toting classmates are confidential under the new system, which allows students to pass on crime tips to administrators or call a hot line.
On Wednesday, the Antelope Valley School District trustees voted unanimously to offer the $25 rewards to students who provide information about peers who paint graffiti on campus or bring weapons and illegal drugs into class. The tips must lead to an arrest and the confiscation of guns or drugs.
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