Question??? Cop Solicitation?

[Sluggoslinger]

Originally Posted by riverrat55

I tell everyone who calls and ask for money," That I do not give money out over the phone"!!! That weeds them out real quick!!!

Ditto, I say we don't respond to telephone solicitation and please remove me from your list. If they push further, I get mean. I HATE telephone solicitaion.

[Diamond Tackle]

I dont give them squat.They keep most of the $, yout local police get maybe 50% , if that. And now these A-hole boiler room solicitors call you by your first name like you're old friends or something.
I told one guy, "hey, my police staion is less than 2 miles away, so I will come over and hand you a check in person right now for $100", where exactly are u located? He paused, and then said I could not do that, cause he was in freakin Texas .... end of that conversation.
Dont give them jack, go to the police station and ask how you can contribute to widows and orphans or whatever, and you will make a cop friend in the process, which is always nice.

[PaulS]

most of them are sleazy boilerroom operations that as stated keep almost all the money. Recently I was called to donate $ for the "defense of police falsely accused while on the job". I asked why the city doesn't defend them - the guy was sputtering like a old motor.