BEWARE OF SCAMS

The Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) national office continues to hear reports of organizations conducting telephone solicitations on behalf of C.O.P.S.  Concerns of Police Survivors does not conduct telephone solicitations and C.O.P.S. chapters are prohibited from conducting telephone solicitations as well.

C.O.P.S. is asking anyone who receives such a call to please secure the name, address and phone number of the organization and forward it to the C.O.P.S. national office.  Also, if you receive any mail solicitations from organizations using the C.O.P.S. acronym please forward that mail to the national office.  C.O.P.S. will follow-up on your behalf.

Source:  North Carolina Criminal Information Exchange, March-April 2002

For more information about crime prevention call the Rockville City Police Department Community Services Officer 240-314-8922.