LeadsOnline Awards Scholarships to Families of Law Enforcement Officers

Nation's largest online investigation system awards inaugural scholarships designed to help future community leaders with tuition costs.

Dallas (Vocus) June 25, 2009 -- LeadsOnline (http://www.leadsonline.com), an online investigations system that helps law enforcement agencies recover stolen property, recently awarded 18 scholarships and academic gifts as part of their inaugural Future Leaders Scholarship program. Designed to assist law enforcement personnel or their close family members with college-related expenses, scholarships and academic gift awards totaling $4400 were available to families of detectives and support staff across America who currently use the LeadsOnline system to solve crimes.

LeadsOnline is proud to commend the dedication, achievement, and future aspirations of so many talented students pursuing higher education. The scholarship (www.leadsonline.com) program aims to support the effort our law enforcement officials put forth everyday to bring peace and justice to our communities by supporting the educational ambitions of the next generation of leaders, as well as law enforcement professionals currently in the field. Scholarship applicants were required to carry at least a 2.8 GPA, provide letters of recommendation, proof of their volunteer and service-type involvement in their community, and write an essay.

"I believe that securing a solid education is critical to success in life, and it's an honor to be able to help out hard-working, deserving young people," explains Dave Finley, President and CEO of LeadsOnline. "College costs can be a real burden for law enforcement families, and funding sources are drying up. We launched the Future Leaders program to support those families who are doing so much to keep our communities safer."

$1,000 Scholarship Award Winners:

Jessica Gamez of Spring, Texas

Stephanie Smith of Stanwood, Washington

$500 Scholarship Award Winners:

Greg Kranz of St. Louis, Missouri; Jeffrey Lowder of Converse, Texas; Zane Boyd of Crawfordsville, Arkansas

$100 Academic Gift Award Winners:

Niki Mauthe of Appleton, WI; Sage Viguier of Tucson, Arizona; Jennifer Toi of Long Beach, California; Britney Hendershot of Tell City, Indiana; Cody Spillers of Homer, Louisiana; Matt Wurm of Leo, Indiana

About LeadsOnline: LeadsOnline is the nation's largest online investigative system (www.leadsonline.com) used by more than 3,000 law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes. Each day, millions of items are added to the LeadsOnline database by businesses including second-hand stores, scrap metal recyclers, pawnshops, and Internet drop-off stores across all 50 states. Those records are instantly available to law enforcement agencies, meaning crimes can be solved in seconds, not months. The LeadsOnline system, compatible with the NCIC, serves as an indispensible, efficient, and money-saving resource for detectives because it provides a cross-jurisdictional, instantaneous, and accurate database that stops criminals from escaping detection by selling stolen items in another city. An official eBay partner, LeadsOnline helps prevent illegal transactions on the eBay website by giving law enforcement access to the world's largest online marketplace through automatic upload of all eBay transactions into the LeadsOnline database. LeadsOnline also includes LeadsOnlabs, a system for tracking those involved in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamines; a Metal Theft Investigation System designed to track copper and other metal thefts; and cross-checks names of pawn customers against the OFAC SDN list of known terrorists and narcotics traffickers. Each year, LeadsOnline is credited with recovering millions of dollars in stolen goods and solving thousands of crimes that are often associated with bigger crimes, such as homicide, identity theft, and arson. Based in Dallas and led by President and CEO Dave Finley, LeadsOnline works with thousands of agencies throughout the country, including the New York Police Department, the Dallas Police Department, and the San Francisco Police Department. www.leadsonline.com

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