''Fugitive Watch'' is a reality-based
cable television
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show, newspaper and web site, founded in 1992 by two
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
police officers, Steve Ferdin and Scott Castruita.
[Fernandez, Lisa Reporter (2012)]
Two retired San Jose cops celebrate 20 years of ''Fugitive Watch''
The San Jose Mercury News
It features stories on crimes and fugitives, and Ferdin and Castruita say that the service has led to over 1,200 arrests, thanks to viewers who provide tipoffs about where wanted criminals may be hiding.
As one law enforcement official stated, "Because of ''Fugitive Watch'', there are millions of more eyes on the lookout for fugitives."
The service has been featured in newspapers and in nationally televised programs like World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Inside Edition and Unsolved Mysteries. They have also televised Spanish language stories and have been featured in local Spanish language newscasts as well as international television programs like “Primer Impacto”.
''Fugitive Watch'' has been endorsed and commended by California Governor
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California bet ...
, the FBI and chiefs of police and sheriffs.
See also
* ''
Crimewatch
''Crimewatch'' (formerly ''Crimewatch UK'') is a British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. The programme was or ...
'', similar programme in the United Kingdom
References
External links
*{{official website, fugitive.com
1990s American reality television series
2000s American reality television series
2010s American reality television series
1992 American television series debuts
1990s American crime television series
2000s American crime television series
2010s American crime television series
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