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Police Chief: Supporting True Veterans Organizations as Memorial Day Approaches
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[Leon M. Krolikowski is Chief of Police in the town of New Canaan.]
Each and every day the men and women of the New Canaan Police Department protect and serve our Town. On May 25, Memorial Day, we honor those who pledged to protect and serve our great country and in the process made the ultimate sacrifice. As Memorial Day approaches, it’s a good time to remind the good and patriotic citizens of New Canaan to be aware of phony organizations who “solicit” on behalf of Veterans. Each year we receive complaints about scams that victimize New Canaan residents and some of these scams are initiated by those purporting to be “Veterans.”
Last year, prior to the 4th of July, Peter Langenus, the Commander of New Canaan’s Veterans of Foreign War Post 653 received a telephone call from a shopper who had been approached for a money donation in front of the Food Emporium. The shopper thought that the solicitor’s military uniform seemed to be a mismatch of different uniforms and of different branches of the service.