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The Greensboro Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Program will be honored with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for arresting thousands of criminals and recovering millions of dollars in stolen property.

Charlotte Division Special Agent-in-Charge Owen D. Harris will honor police chief Tim Bellamy and Crime Stoppers administrators, Sandy Tew and Julia Styers, at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Guilford Merchants Association at 225 Commerce Place. If you are interested in attending, organizers ask that you arrive by 9:45.

Since the Greensboro program started in 1981, nearly 7,000 cases have been cleared and more than $16 million has been recovered in drugs and stolen property.

Crime Stoppers callers remain anonymous and are eligible for cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of wanted individuals.

Tips can be submitted by calling 373-1000.

The FBI award honors individuals and organizations for their efforts in combating crime, terrorism, drugs and violence in America and was created in 1990.

The award is given annually by FBI Director Robert Mueller III.

The winner was announced in August and the award will be presented in Washington D.C. in March 2010.