Comments on: Idaho Sheriffs Use Deceptive Marketing Scheme, Plan To Dump Telemarket Firm

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:22:03 +0000

Photos of addicts from Multnomah County? So, part of the scam is that they are too lazy to find photos of addicts from Ada County.

Drug wars are nothing but scams.

By: dog

dog — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:24:53 +0000

Wow, I must be on meth. Those pictures look like me on Monday and later, me on Friday.

Sorry, but coppers are only one degree away from criminals. How can they resist the temptation to get something for nothing? Just like the folks they put behind bars. Boise coppers + credibility? Am I missing something here?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:35:38 +0000

So what Dean is saying is that the Multnomah Co. Sheriff’s Dept. did quite the poor job of “rescuing” these people from the ravages of meth.

So tell me, Idaho Sheriff’s Ass’n, are you doing as bad a job as the other county, and if so, what are you doing with the donations?

The police don’t save people from meth, they just put them behind bars. Once released, they’re going back to their habit.

By: Dean Gunderson

Dean Gunderson — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:41:03 +0000

BG,

Unfortunately (truly) the images used in the scam brochure aren’t actors (unless these meth-heads actually have SAG cards).

These are mug shots collected of the same folks over a period of months (or years) by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Department. They were all repeat drug (meth) offenders, and the images were compiled to provide a graphic depiction of the depravatory effects of meth on addicts.

It’s unfortunate that the images have been used in such a way, since it does cast doubt on their authenticity. But you can go to the Multnomah County Sheriff website, or Google “life on meth”, to see for yourself.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:51:55 +0000

Just because they use a Telemarketing company I never donate. Figure it’s a scam from the beginning.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:34:32 +0000

Don’t we pay taxes to “fight against drugs” and for the “war on crime” and to “focus the lives of youth away from drugs and alcohol”? And aren’t these “wars” on drugs and crime nearly total failures?

By: Nemo.

Nemo. — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:56 +0000

The Idaho Sheriffs is not the only agency to use these scammers. Various Firefighter charities also use the same type tactics.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:18:43 +0000

Oh Please… Please please please give us a list of the home phone numbers of those responsible for all the bothersome calls

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:51:53 +0000

Good riddance, I hope, to this telemarketing firm. I sometimes answer “unknown caller” calls that turn out to be on behalf of the Sheriff’s Assn. I remind them that “spoofing calls” are now ILLEGAL in Idaho and hang up. I like the cute little sticker but have ceased contributions because of pushy marketing practices and now donate elsewhere. Dump them Vaughn and pocket the extra money for good causes!