The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to slap more handcuffs on people who aim laser pointers at airplanes.

Beaming a handheld laser has been a federal crime since 2012, but on Tuesday, the FBI announced a program that will reward individuals with $10,000 who provide information leading to the arrest of anyone who has targeted an airplane with a laser pointer. The program will last for 60 days in 12 regional offices ranging from New York City to Albuquerque, N.M.

“Shining a laser into the cockpit of an aircraft can temporarily blind a pilot, jeopardizing the safety of everyone on board,” said Michael Huerta, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in a statement on the FBI's website. “We applaud our colleagues at the Justice Department for aggressively prosecuting aircraft laser incidents, and we will continue to use civil penalties to further deter this dangerous activity.”

The FBI says more people are using lasers to mess with airplanes now than ever before, taking aim from anywhere from airports to their own homes. According to the report, it happened 3,960 times in 2013, an average of 11 times per day. In 2005, when the FAA first started tracking laser "strikes," only 283 incidents were reported; since then, that number has seen approximately a 1,100% increase.

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“The risk associated with illegal and inappropriate laser illuminations is unacceptable," Air Line Pilots Association International President Captain Lee Moak said in the same statement. "Pointing lasers at aircraft in flight poses a serious safety risk to the traveling public."

Though no plane crash has been linked to a laser pointer, pilots have reported that lights can temporarily blind or distract them while they're trying to fly.

This has been enough of a problem for authorities to arrest several people who have deliberately pointed lasers at planes, including a California man who was sentenced to 30 months in jail.

So if you see someone shining a toy at an aircraft, the FBI suggests calling your local field office or 911.