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Published Date: 02 November 2008
By Lesley Richardson
A POPPY seller has accused two police officers of threatening to ban the Royal British Legion if she did not stop going house-to-house during Halloween or after dark.
Jan Hinton, 51, has been a Royal British Legion collector in Weymouth, Dorset for more than a decade, raising hundreds for the charity.

She was out with poppy partner Charlotte Warren-Sinclaire, 16, when police stopped them last week.

The two officers were responding to a call from a worried resident who thought the Poppy Appeal was not carrying out door-to-door collections and feared the collectors were bogus.

Hinton said: "They said: 'We don't want you collecting after dark, do daytimes', and also: 'This is not a good idea because this is Halloween.'

"They said if we didn't take notice of what they were saying they would pull the plug on the Royal British Legion doing house-to-house collections."

Dorset Police denied banning poppy collectors and said they were supportive of the Poppy Appeal.

A police spokesman said: "The collectors were not accused of being bogus callers and they were not banned from collecting door-to-door for the Poppy Appeal."





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  • Last Updated: 01 November 2008 7:30 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
 
1

Resolutions,

02/11/2008 00:32:36
One hand not knowing what the other is doing eh?

What a sad reflection on the Police and folk of the area.
2

Lobeydoser,

02/11/2008 01:32:54
Bought my poppy yesterday, in a shop on the south-side of Glasgow. When I asked where the money box was the assistant produced a plastic bag kept beneath the counter - somebody had nicked the money box!
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Guga II,

Rockall 02/11/2008 08:20:45
#1.

Who actually believes a word that the police say nowadays?
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02/11/2008 11:07:35
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02/11/2008 15:18:27
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Joe Macdelta.,

02/11/2008 16:54:19
#3&5 I concur.
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Fifi la Bonbon,

02/11/2008 20:38:15
A member of the public expreses concern to the police that this poppy seller may be up to something dodgy; and certainly I've never heard of door-to-door collections from poppy sellers. I bought mine from reception at the offices where I work. The police respond appropriately and check it out, giving her well meant advice. So far so good.

But then the poppy collector goes to the press and whines about it! What did she expect?

The police don't have the power to stop people collecting for charity, although the local council does have power to impose controls under some circumstances. The police do have the responsibility to investigte possible fraud.
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Douglas,

Bathgate 02/11/2008 23:25:12
#8 Fifi la Bonbon: I think you'll find that, until an adult tells them otherwise, the police can do exactly what they like.

 

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