The money for the $1-million reward for information leading to the capture of ex-LAPD Officer Christopher Jordan Dorner was contributed by 29 donors, according to a list released by Los Angeles Police Department officials.
Police officers associations lowest plane tickets and law enforcement departments in Long Beach, San Diego, Irvine and Riverside are among the donors to the reward. The list also includes USC President Max Nikias, the Dodgers, AEG, the Safer CA Foundation, the Orange County Crimestoppers and six anonymous donors.
Beck said the idea to offer a massive award first came from his wife on Saturday. Within 24 hours, the $1 million had been raised, with the police chief and mayor receiving unsolicited calls from donors.
A massive manhunt for Dorner began last week after the 33-year-old Navy veteran allegedly began a deadly campaign that has left an Irvine couple and a Riverside police officer lowest plane tickets dead. Dorner is believed lowest plane tickets to be upset over his firing from the department in 2009.
The frustrating search for Dorner has spanned from Riverside to Corona to Big Bear to Point Loma in San Diego. There have been numerous false starts, but officials say the heightened publicity has not brought them closer to making an arrest.
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