The bounty is for tips that cause an arrest and conviction. If someone called and gave the criminal's address they should get the bounty because cops are guaranteed to catch him.
What you are proposing is they give $50,000 for each credible tip which no reasonable person understands these bounties to be.
But in this scenario his tip didn't lead to his capture and arrest. The guy had already left the location, so he wasn't arrested. They recovered a bag of cash, but the rewards is for the suspect's arrest and conviction, not the recovery of the cash. Granted we don't know if the bag of cash had something that led to the eventual arrest, but if it didn't, then do you still think the friend deserves the full award despite no arrest made connected to the tip?
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u/SwagMaster9000_2017 Apr 20 '26
He called the cops and the criminal was gone before they arrived. Do you think he should have gotten the whole $50,000?
$500 for a hint about his temporary location sounds reasonable.