{"id":1461968,"date":"2025-12-01T20:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T02:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1461968"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T21:53:47","slug":"scam-alert-from-the-city-of-troup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1461968","title":{"rendered":"Scam alert from the City of Troup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/troupcard-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1461971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/troupcard-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/troupcard-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/troupcard.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>SMITH COUNTY \u2014 The City of Troup is alerting residents of a prominent fundraiser they may receive in the mail, calling it a scam. The fundraisers are sent by an organization known as the United States Deputy Sheriff\u2019s Association (USDSA), which presents itself as a non-profit dedicated to supporting local law enforcement and the community. In recent mailings, the group requests donations for their Troup Area 2025 Fund Drive, claiming that they provide police agencies in Troup with bulletproof vests, helmets and other lifesaving equipment.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTroup PD\u2019s ballistic vests are purchased through our annual operating budget, and only as replacements become necessary,\u201d city officials said. \u201cOur commitment is to keep our community informed and to protect citizens from misleading or unclear solicitation practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City official  made residents aware on Monday that neither the city nor the Troup Police Department endorse or participate in any fundraising efforts from the USDSA, further noting that the organization consistently receives bad ratings due to a lack of transparency in their practices. The city recommends all residents to be cautious of any messages or mail from the non-profit and even clarified where they source some of their equipment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMITH COUNTY \u2014 The City of Troup is alerting residents of a prominent fundraiser they may receive in the mail, calling it a scam. The fundraisers are sent by an organization known as the United States Deputy Sheriff\u2019s Association (USDSA), which presents itself as a non-profit dedicated to supporting local law enforcement and the community. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1461968\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scam alert from the City of Troup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1462229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/troupcard-200x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1461968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 07:50:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/troupcard-200x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1461968"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462331,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1461968\/revisions\/1462331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1462229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1461968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1461968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1461968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}