Crime Stoppers of McHenry County

Where's the website?

Is there any public-service organization today that doesn't have a website? Well, how about Crime Stoppers of McHenry County? Bingo!

Today I was trying to find the Reward poster that was created by the Bentley family. It offers a $5,000 Reward for information that leads to finding Beth Bentley. The poster appeared in the Centralia Sentinel yesterday and may run in this week's The Woodstock Independent.

Wouldn't it be nice if Crime Stoppers had a website for McHenry County and the numerous communities in this county? How long has Beth been missing now? Three weeks!

The Crime Stoppers hotline directed me to the website of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department. If you search around there, you'll find a link to the Sheriff's Department Facebook page, where an entry mentions the reward (mentions the original Crime Stoppers' $2,000 reward, but not the increased amount).

I'll bet that, here in McHenry County and all the cities, towns and villages, there is probably a handful of skilled law enforcement officers who could toss together a website for Crime Stoppers in a hour or so. And who would work with a handful of dedicated, concerned citizens to create and maintain it.

Well, folks. What do you think?