The document summarizes the goals and services of Fundacion Alto al Crimen in Boquete, Panama. The organization aims to reduce crime through education, a 24/7 bilingual hotline, investigations working with police, and ensuring cases are properly prosecuted. It relies on community funding to continue providing these crime prevention and law enforcement support services.

1. Fundacion Alto al
Crimen
Boquete Panama
Report to Community May 2014

2. Why AAC
• The goal is to reduce crime in Boquete
• The means is education, hotline, investigation and
followup
• The model is from Belize
• It works

3. Hotline
• 6477- 6662 is the AAC Hotline Number
• It is staffed 7x24 by a bilingual operator, Rodny
Moreno
• Call for medical emergencies, Crime, road side
emergencies
• Consider it a private 911 service

4. Education
• Seminars on how to protect your home
• Detailed information at http://www.altoalcrimen.com
• Home inspections by volunteers

5. Investigation
• Working with the Police and DIJ
• Providing access to a Private Investigator and
contracting for him when necessary
• Providing information and resources to the Police
when requested and deemed necessary

6. Followup
• A new, desired service needing more funding
• Ensuring cases brought do not fall through the
prosecutorial cracks
• Why? because as we learn, we see the need to
have both arrest and trial.

7. Financial Information
Jan - April 2014

11. The Future of AAC
• It all depends upon you and what you want
• Do you want the hotline, deterrence programs,
education, investigation and bad guys in prison?
• If so we need the community to provide funding.