{"id":146907,"date":"2011-12-05T14:16:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T20:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=146907"},"modified":"2011-12-06T14:24:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T20:24:13","slug":"sheriffs-department-warns-of-possible-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=146907","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff&#8217;s Department Warns of Possible Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=146910\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-146910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/12\/thumb_smithcounty-seal.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_smithcounty-seal\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-146910\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTYLER &#8212; The Smith County Sheriff&#8217;s Department is warning of an apparent local scam.   According to Lt. Tony Dana, someone contacted a local business Monday morning claiming to represent the Sheriff\u2019s Department, Fraternal Order of Police, and Texas Department of Public Safety soliciting donations for a Blue Santa event to take place December 17th.   Dana says neither the Smith County Sheriff\u2019s Office nor the Smith County Peace Officer\u2019s Association contact citizens by telephone asking for donations.  Dana adds, &#8220;I have contacted the Tyler Police Department and the Texas Department Public safety and they are not participating either.&#8221;    <\/p>\n<p>Dana adds, &#8220;This may be a scam and citizens should always use caution when receiving solicitation calls for donations from any organization over the telephone. Only give to organizations you know and trust. If you are not sure, contact your local law enforcement agency and verify the information before giving financial information over the telephone.&#8221;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The Smith County Sheriff&#8217;s Department is warning of an apparent local scam. According to Lt. Tony Dana, someone contacted a local business Monday morning claiming to represent the Sheriff\u2019s Department, Fraternal Order of Police, and Texas Department of Public Safety soliciting donations for a Blue Santa event to take place December 17th. Dana &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=146907\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sheriff&#8217;s Department Warns of Possible Scam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-29 21:23:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146907","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146907"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147217,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146907\/revisions\/147217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}