The Abington Police Department will hand out removable window stickers to those who sign up for the township’s do-not-solicit list.
Abington Police Lt. Pat Molloy and Abington Police officer Roger Gillespie said today that the police department will give residents who sign up for the township’s do-not-solicit list a sticker to place on their front door … letting would-be solicitors know that the residents are, in fact, on the list. The list of residents is also given to a would-be solicitor when he or she applies to solicit in the township, so the sticker is not required. The 3-inch by 3.75-inch plastic sticker is white with a blue image of the township police seal. It's removable and reads: No solicitation Offenders Prosecuted Sponsored by C.A.P.T. “We would like to bring them out to community events in the future to talk about them,” Molloy said. “We would ask …
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Abington Police, township discuss recent problems with people going door-to-door
Abington Police Lt. Patrick Molloy said in a presentation at the public safety committee last week that there have been several complaints from residents regarding solicitors on their property. How many? More than 90 complaints since September. Abington Police Chief William Kelly called the situation a “vexing problem.” Molloy said that many of the solicitors have been “heavy-handed” in their approach and added that many of them are with the company Commerce Energy and have misrepresented themselves as PECO employees, sometimes stepping in residents’ homes. Commissioner Dennis Zappone said that representatives from Commerce Energy have tried to force their way into senior citizens’ homes in his ward. Molloy and Kelly both said that …
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1176 Old York Rd, Abington, PA
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Victor B. Krievins
10:32 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
There is a small donation of $ 1.00 for the cost of producing the sticker. more ›