The man asked for the lady of the house and once I said that was me he tried to be funny and said "don't worry (hehe) you're not in trouble". He went on saying he would only take 60 seconds of my time and went on with the rest of his "speech". He finally asked something like "don't you like knowing the police are out there to protect you?" He actually paused waiting for a response from me so I told him "excuse me, but I'm waiting for a very important call regarding my father who is in the ICU". He interrupted me and started going into the "understand you don't need to contribute at this time" speech and I had to interrupt him by saying "Sir? Sir? Do you understand my 79 year old father is in the ICU at the hospital and I'm waiting for a call about his status? Understand that any money I have will not be yours as it'll go to my family....Bye". That's where I hung up.
If this was legit, then I'd like to think that there would've been a little more compassion based on the info I shared. I only answered the phone because I'll keep getting calls if I don't or if I let the machine get it.
I call and get fax. Add 1 to the number and you get customer service,..I requested to be taken off.
Told them is sad in this country to not take care of unemployed, uninsured single father of two. I have needs and would sure love to hink that my family is catered to if I get killed in my work (regardless of what it is). Truth of the matter is, I heard that most of the money made goes to the overhead. It merely creates a few jobs.
They have union pensions and benefits. DON'T SUPPORT! The every day citizen would be living high and mighty with the benefits like they get. Also, they manage to almost triple their income renting themselves out. I know, a relative is an officer that brags about the extra money they make as rentacops.
We pay enough taxes. If we were to start supporting, my opiniopn would be that all officers have recorders that record their every move, word and action. Then they will be accountable. Truckers can't contest a ticket, they pay the fine. A cop breaks the law, he should do the MAX time, no question. When we have a system that isn't so corrupt (and I can't prove it without bringing up phone records twenty years old, but I witnessed a detective lying under oath to get the conviction they wanted).
They say they are collecting for the Police Memorial Fund. The Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial Fund DOES NOT solicit by telephone. I went to their website. It believe this is a scam.