Bob Campo is a heckuva nice guy who calls people to support the Dallas Police Department and their programs for kids (drug awareness, fingerprint kits, etc.). It was a wrong number, but Bob was just so gosh darn nice, I thought I'd get on here and say what a pleasure it was to speak with him.
Scams are when someone has violated the law or in attempts to do so. I found no evidence of a scam and the Dallas Sheriff's office validated the use of Southwest Public Relations to do the 501-c6 non-profit work..
Posted 4/14/07
At first I was hesitant a few years ago about giving money to police fraternal organizations, however I found out the public relations firm in which Bob Campo works for is legit and has been contracted by the actual Dallas Sheriff's Fraternal Order of Police for over 15yrs. now. It is actually illegal for any member of law enforcement in the State of Texas to solicit funds or handle any monetary donations from the general public or business, thus explains the need to have outside contractors do it. Yes, there is some overhead to cover for employee's and call center, however unless it's done in this method, raising funds for the child programs would be in effect, non-existant.
At first I was hesitant a few years ago about giving money to police fraternal organizations, however I found out the public relations firm in which Bob Campo works for is legit and has been contracted by the actual Dallas Sheriff's Fraternal Order of Police for over 15yrs. now. It is actually illegal for any member of law enforcement in the State of Texas to solicit funds or handle any monetary donations from the general public or business, thus explains the need to have outside contractors do it. Yes, there is some overhead to cover for employee's and call center, however unless it's done in this method, raising funds for the child programs would be in effect, non-existant.
I got a call from Richard Eubanks @ 214-638-0630 stating that he is collectin donations for Dallas County Sheriff Fraternal Order. He wanted my credit card number over the phone which I refused to give. Then he said that he will send somebody to my place of business for collection of donation check. I asked him to send me a bill so I could send him a check but he said that would cost stamp & envelope.
I refused to donate because it all seemed like a scam. I reported it to Dallas County Sheriff office.
Got a call from this number from a man calling himself Bob Jacksitt. He asked for the business owner by name and when I asked, he said yes, the owner would know what the call was about. However, when I checked with the owner, he said he'd never heard of Bob Jacksitt & told me to take a message. Mr. Jacksitt refused to give any information, said it was "personal" and to "please, please" have him call.