Oregon's only statewide anonymous crime-tip program will shut down Sept. 30. Portland residents who once used the service to report crimes anonymously will need to contact police directly.

Crime Stoppers of Oregon announced Sept. 1 on its website that it will dissolve Wednesday, Sept. 30, ending 43 years of connecting anonymous tipsters with law enforcement. The nonprofit, founded in 1983, is run entirely by volunteers and receives no government funding.

Chairman Henry Groepper, who has been involved with the program since its founding, pointed to declining tips, a shrinking reward program and an aging board.

In 2025, the organization handled just two cases eligible for a reward, KATU reported. In 2026, it has handled none.

"It's actually a sad time for me, but times change," Groepper told the Portland Observer. "We are grateful to have helped families and helped solve crimes."

The program offered cash rewards of up to $2,500 for tips leading to an arrest in unsolved felony cases. Over four decades, it received tens of thousands of tips that helped apprehend fugitives, locate missing persons and close cases across the state, according to the organization.

A data breach added urgency. In March, a hacker group claimed to have stolen more than 8.3 million records from P3 Global Intel, the Texas-based tip-management platform owned by Navigate360 that Crime Stoppers of Oregon used to collect submissions.

The stolen records reportedly included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, license plates and Social Security numbers of people named in tips, according to Malwarebytes.

The Portland Police Bureau issued a statement March 19 urging residents to stop submitting tips through the Crime Stoppers platform while the breach was under review. Crime Stoppers of Oregon posted a similar warning the same day.

Crime Stoppers of Oregon told the Portland Observer it is still waiting for Navigate360 to deliver a report on whether Oregon-specific tipster data was compromised. Navigate360 CEO JP Guilbault said in March that the company had "not confirmed that any sensitive information has been accessed or misused," according to Straight Arrow News.

Two U.S. senators, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Jim Banks of Indiana, sent Navigate360 a letter in late April demanding answers about the breach's scope, Straight Arrow News reported.

No replacement program has been announced. After Sept. 30, anyone with information about a crime in Portland can email the Portland Police Bureau directly at [email protected].