[pnh102]

Then again, you don't help the police...they can't help you.

Perhaps a witness protection program is needed? Although this has been controversial at the Federal level, witness protection programs were quite useful and led to many successful organized crime prosecutions. Perhaps states should consider using such programs as well.

[P-40]

Perhaps a witness protection program is needed?

That might be a good idea. Once someone testifies against some of these bad guys, sometimes they can't stay in the community any longer. I know that one thing that has helped and that is fairly easy to implement is an anonymous tip line that is actively promoted in the community. It generates a lot of junk information but you get a lot of good information along with it...and it makes the bad guys uncomfortable enough that they lay low or move on.