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Tip about Mohamed Shire

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No IP address is stored. We keep a salted, one-way hash of your connection to stop automated abuse. It cannot be reversed to identify you.
We are not a police agency. Tips are read by our editorial team and forwarded to the relevant police service or Crime Stoppers.
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What makes a tip useful

Exact locations and times — street names, landmarks, the date.
People: approximate age, height, build, hair, clothing, tattoos, accent.
Vehicles: make, model, colour, licence plate and province, damage, direction of travel.
How you know — what you saw yourself, versus what you heard from someone else.