events to mark its second anniversary.

Crime Stoppers has received 454 anonymous calls since its inception in September 1995, said spokesman John Instone.

The majority of these, he continued, had resulted in important information concerning illicit drug activity being passed on to the Police.

To mark its second year of existence, Crime Stoppers will be putting on events next week.

These will include a visit from two members of the New Brunswick Crime Stoppers Chapter, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Jacques Boudreau and New Brunswick Crime Stoppers president Ron Godin.

They will be meeting with local Crime Stoppers directors on a variety of issues including a Canadian school's programme aimed at fostering an interest in crime prevention at an early age.

People with information regarding crime can call a free telephone number -- 1-800-623-8477 -- and talk anonymously with detectives or leave a message on an answering machine.

Tipsters' calls cannot be traced so they are guaranteed anonymity.

In other events organised for the week, the group's mascot `Stompy' will greet motorists at the north roundabout on Trimingham Hill on the morning of September 8, continued Mr. Instone.

And a service has been organised at 11 a.m. on September 13 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Middle Road.

Crime Stoppers Bermuda will also enter the computer age shortly with the announcement of its new Internet web site next week, added Mr. Instone.

STOMPIN' AND WAVIN' -- Early morning well-wisher and Bermudian "ambassador'' Johnny Barnes was joined at the Trimingham Roundabout by Crime Stoppers' mascot Stompy. The anti-crime cash-for-tips charity is celebrating its second anniversary this week with a string of special events.