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I'm listening to NPR radio station 90.1 out of Dallas, TX. They are having a show about police foundations, private organizations set up to provide money to police departments to buy equipment, ect supposedly. The claim made on the show is that this funding corrupts police departments and makes them biased in what policies they pursue and who the police look at more closely when it comes to crime.

Any thoughts?
 
BH said:
I'm listening to NPR radio station 90.1 out of Dallas, TX. They are having a show about police foundations, private organizations set up to provide money to police departments to buy equipment, ect supposedly. The claim made on the show is that this funding corrupts police departments and makes them biased in what policies they pursue and who the police look at more closely when it comes to crime.

Any thoughts?
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A police Foundation gave us (my Company) a big break early on in our history, financing the purchase of a first aid/trauma kit that was rolled out to a major city, then the State Police, then State Police of adjacent States and a plethora of Police Departments in between.
We developed the kit and a retention system that was compatible with all their vehicles in consultation with the Foundation and various departments, and designed a training curriculum to go along with it. Personally my experience with that Foundation was entirely positive as we pursued the shared goal of saving lives. By standardizing the contents of the kits and their location within vehicles, we made trauma supplies accessible to responders from different departments, even if they had to get into another department or agency's vehicle. Situations did arise where our kits were deployed and used in MCI situations, including at least a couple of active shooter incidents.
Our contacts gave us contacts for other Foundations (they're ubiquitous) and it brought us considerable business and exposure within the LE community. My impressions are probably somewhat sanitized by the fact that our Company was narrowly focused on avoidance of preventable deaths, whether those of officers, criminals, victims or whatever. So, yeah, it was going to be a positive thing no matter what. I didn't get any whiff of corruption, just frustration that life-saving materials and knowledge were not something addressed in departmental line item budgets and so had to go through foundations. (That changed a lot by the time we sold... )
 
BH said:
I'm listening to NPR radio station 90.1 out of Dallas, TX. They are having a show about police foundations, private organizations set up to provide money to police departments to buy equipment, ect supposedly. The claim made on the show is that this funding corrupts police departments and makes them biased in what policies they pursue and who the police look at more closely when it comes to crime.

Any thoughts?
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Sounds like a very bad idea. Private funding of police is a major conflict of interest.
 
Loren Pechtel said:
BH said:
I'm listening to NPR radio station 90.1 out of Dallas, TX. They are having a show about police foundations, private organizations set up to provide money to police departments to buy equipment, ect supposedly. The claim made on the show is that this funding corrupts police departments and makes them biased in what policies they pursue and who the police look at more closely when it comes to crime.

Any thoughts?
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Sounds like a very bad idea. Private funding of police is a major conflict of interest.
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Agreed.

I hang up on them when the pretend person (a computer that is programmed to pretend to be a person) calls to ask for money.
 
BH said:
I'm listening to NPR radio station 90.1 out of Dallas, TX. They are having a show about police foundations, private organizations set up to provide money to police departments to buy equipment, ect supposedly. The claim made on the show is that this funding corrupts police departments and makes them biased in what policies they pursue and who the police look at more closely when it comes to crime.

Any thoughts?
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The "defund the police" movement and a pension issue lead to the Dallas area losing about 500 police officers. Last year, a heavily armed sniped who was targeting white officers killed 5 officers. Then of course, like many cities, there has been a substantial increase in crime. The mayor and the local population has been pretty vocal about bringing back the police force. Fighting crime is very popular in Texas!
 
BH said:
I actually knew one of those policemen killed in Dallas.
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BH: I forgot that you are from Texas. Is it not also a Texas tradition to publically underfund institutions (schools, police, fire houses and etc.) and then privately solicit donations to cover the gaps? I heard that it's especially a factor in schools. That it's very normal to have a Texan football field at a local high school funded by a local wealthy business person. In Oregon that does not happen! Or very rarely happens.
 
I’m not a all a fan of private donations funding police departments. The effect of influence is far too ripe.
 
These police organization are spam calling me all the time. I get several calls a week. I block the number but they use new ones.

Tonight just now they call and ask if they can talk to my mother (who is in the hospital and has dememtia)
I say "No"
Them " Can we count on your support when we send you junk mail asking for money"
Me "Fuck off"
Them "Thank you for your valued support when the pledge card arrives in the mail"
Me block the new phone number.
 
Be real nice. Take their organization name and the name of the solicitor. Write down the date. And then remind them that you have asked to come off their list and there is a $1000 fine per violation for their failure to do so. And you will be filing for it the next time you get a call.

They don’t call me any more.
 
Rhea said:
Be real nice. Take their organization name and the name of the solicitor. Write down the date. And then remind them that you have asked to come off their list and there is a $1000 fine per violation for their failure to do so. And you will be filing for it the next time you get a call.

They don’t call me any more.
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It's a computer unfortunately.
 
Sweet. Then you can file against them readily! Seriously, think about collecting $1000 from them for each call…
 
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