I received a phone call from a police department how to proceed?

[Monty_monty]

Just curious, isn't placing decoy online ad for prostitution entrapment?

The two decoys I talked to (actually I stopped to "answer my phone" and they walked up to me and initiated conversation) once never even suggested anything sexual, e.g. "whats up?"

I knew a NYPD cop at my gym that I used to workout with and he recognized a female NYC cop there and asked what she was doing. She said past couple of weeks she was a decoy. She said she would just hang out, nod to some guy checking her out and wait for him to ask specifically for sexual acts for money.

It could be that they ran their decoy trap and caught who they were going to catch that day. I send texts in the morning to try and arrange meetings in the afternoon or evening before going to Penn Station to head home. Could be the cops left for the day and just send the "you got lucky", or that they have a budget to spend (I tend to get these more at the end of the year and end of summer), and just need to spend it down and never had a plan for decoy/program that day.

It even got the NY Post write up a few years ago.

https://nypost.com/2018/04/03/nypd-sends-warning-texts-to-creeps-looking-for-prostitutes/

 

[genius]

This must be a Nassau county thing

This was Straight Path in Wyandanch years ago

 

[ForeignNet1]

Anyone have any experience getting a call from a hospital? I received a few missed calls on my burner from Northshore with no message left. Hope no working girl has me as her emergency contact ,':|

 

[MayorSimpleton]

Anyone have any experience getting a call from a hospital? I received a few missed calls on my burner from Northshore with no message left. Hope no working girl has me as her emergency contact ,':|

If it was anything important they'd at least a message to reach back. Otherwise I'd assume just a spam/scam call. Numbers can be faked to real phone numbers, which will have in your case, a hospital name.

 

[billyS]

If it was anything important they'd at least a message to reach back. Otherwise I'd assume just a spam/scam call. Numbers can be faked to real phone numbers, which will have in your case, a hospital name.

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. I got one from Northwell recently, at least that's what the caller ID said but it was actually an Indian dude trying to sell me solar panels.

 

[MayorSimpleton]

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. I got one from Northwell recently, at least that's what the caller ID said but it was actually an Indian dude trying to sell me solar panels.

That's even crazier but most likely not even a legit solar panel company. Or at least one that can't be trusted if it were real.

 

[genius]

That's even crazier but most likely not even a legit solar panel company. Or at least one that can't be trusted if it were real.

Can any of them be trusted?

 

[MayorSimpleton]

Can any of them be trusted?

From what I've seen, an empathetic no. Some are more crooked than others.

 

[genius]

They are on the same level as chimney cleaners

 

[crowleyfan777]

The number one thing to say to the cops is 'I'm sorry sir, but respectfully I must decline to answer all questions."
The number two thing to say to the cops is "I'm sorry sir, but respectfully I must decline to let you search my vehicle without a warrent."
The number three thing to say to the cops is "I'm sorry sir, but respectfully I must decline to let you come into my house."

I'm sure the original poster of this thread has been brought down off the ledge by now, but if a cop DOES leave a message and asks you to call them back do not do it. If they call you and ask you to come to the station, never agree to it. If they show up at your door and ask you to take a ride with them, refuse.

Talking to the cops only helps them, it never helps you. Cops will tell you anything to get you to make a statement, and cops will absolutely go after you if you make a factually incorrect statement to them. Lying to the police is a quick way to get them to have significant leverage over you.

"But what if I didn't lie and what I said was wrong but I thought it to be true?", I can hear you ask. Doesn't matter. They can charge you with impeding an official investigation and you are going to have a very hard and expensive time defending yourself from that. Charging you costs them nothing, but its going to cost you thousands of dollars to defend against.

Never talk to the police.