{"id":8935,"date":"2011-10-13T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T23:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=8935"},"modified":"2024-12-26T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T18:55:19","slug":"texas-highway-patrol-museum-raises-millions-but-spends-little-money-on-dps-troopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/texas-highway-patrol-museum-raises-millions-but-spends-little-money-on-dps-troopers\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Highway Patrol Museum raises millions &#8212; but spends little money on DPS troopers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Texas Highway Patrol Museum sits on a prime <a title=\"Museum location\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=812+s.+alamo,+san+antonio,+tx&amp;hnear=812+S+Alamo+St,+San+Antonio,+Texas+78205&amp;gl=us&amp;t=m&amp;z=16&amp;vpsrc=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">piece of property<\/a> near downtown San Antonio, across the street from Rosario&#8217;s Caf\u00e9 y Cantina. Business is booming at Rosario&#8217;s, but not so much at the museum. It usually looks empty every time I drive by or hang out in King William. I&#8217;ve been curious what their deal is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After I wrote about delays and conflicts at the <a title=\"Briscoe Western Art Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/article\/Long-wait-for-new-Western-museum-2176319.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Briscoe Western Art Museum<\/a> last month, Express-News police reporter Michelle Mondo suggested I take a look at the highway patrol museum. It sounded interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LAuPEGzquAM\" width=\"720\" height=\"541\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A quick Google search showed that others had asked similar questions about the museum over the years and discovered red flags. Amy Davis, a TV reporter who used to work in San Antonio and now works in Houston, investigated the museum in April 2008 and produced an in-depth report. Davis found that the museum was actually a telemarketing operation, and she interviewed a former employee who said the group spent little money on troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety. The KSAT Defenders produced a similar report later that year.<br><em><br><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/16\/how-to-find-and-analyze-tax-records-of-charities-the-irs-990-form-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to find and analyze tax records of charities: The IRS 990 form explained<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More recently, Scott Henson at Grits for Breakfast blogged about a <a title=\"Grits for Breakfast\" href=\"http:\/\/gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/of-buzzards-road-kill-charity-scams-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phone call he received from a telemarketer<\/a> who said he worked for the &#8220;Texas Highway Patrol.&#8221; Henson asked if he meant DPS &#8212; and the caller said yes. It&#8217;s a big no-no to falsely claim to be affiliated with a law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does DPS, the government agency that employs state troopers, think about the museum? Not much. The agency&#8217;s website has a general warning about giving money to telemarketers &#8212; but it also has a web page that focuses on the highway patrol museum in San Antonio. DPS criticizes the exhibits, puts &#8220;museum&#8221; in quotes and warns the public not to give it money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this adds up to a good story that people need to know about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is a nonprofit organization, so its tax records are open to the public. <a title=\"Guidestar\" href=\"http:\/\/guidestar.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guidestar<\/a> offers free access to the three most recent years of tax returns for most nonprofit organizations. The Express-News has an account with Guidestar that gives us access to even more tax returns, which offers a treasure trove of historical information about charities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Database Editor Kelly Guckian logged into Guidestar and got me copies of <a title=\"Tax records\" href=\"http:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/public\/search\/projectid:%203114-texas-highway-patrol-museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">everything available<\/a> for the Texas Highway Patrol Museum and a related entity, the Texas Highway Patrol Association. The two organizations share the same board members, and both were founded by Lane Denton, a former state representative from Waco who was <a title=\"Lane Denton\" href=\"http:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/texas\/third-court-of-appeals\/1998\/1545.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found guilty<\/a> of stealing money from a different law enforcement charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is the telemarketing arm of the partnership. It employed more than <a title=\"Employees\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/253666-2009-tax-form-for-the-texas-highway-patrol-museum.html#document\/p1\/a34329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">380 people in 2009<\/a>, most of whom worked at call centers in El Paso, Austin and Houston. The association provides benefits to state troopers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A brochure states the group gives the &#8220;<a title=\"Finest benefits possible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/255354-2007-tax-form-for-texas-highway-patrol-association.html#document\/p15\/a34753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finest benefits possible<\/a>&#8221; to troopers. But looking at a five-year span of tax returns showed that while benefits were indeed paid to troopers and their families, they were only a fraction of the total revenues raked in by the museum&#8217;s telemarketers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I typed all the financial information into a spreadsheet. Donors gave nearly $12 million to the museum, but the association gave only $65,300 to DPS troopers and their families. That&#8217;s half a penny for every dollar raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet when telemarketers call potential donors, they often refer to recently killed troopers by name, pull heart-strings, and lead people to believe that most of their money is actually going to help the people who need it. That happened to the friend of David Slaton, a trooper who died last year in a car accident. The telemarketing call hit her hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My <a title=\"Express-News story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/default\/article\/Little-donated-cash-goes-to-aid-troopers-2209870.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">story about the museum<\/a> ran Sunday and many outraged readers responded that they had received telemarketing calls from this organization and others.<object width=\"720\" height=\"541\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Ftedescotimes%2Fsets%2F72157627746344441%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Ftedescotimes%2Fsets%2F72157627746344441%2F&amp;set_id=72157627746344441&amp;jump_to=\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=107931\"><\/param><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do people with the museum have to say about all this? The employees I spoke with were friendly, and the director of marketing who oversees the telemarketing operation basically described it as a necessary evil. There&#8217;s overhead, he said, but without the telemarketing calls, no money would be coming in at all.<br><em><strong><br>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/attorney-general-greg-abbott-sues-the-texas-highway-patrol-museum-in-san-antonio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Attorney General Greg Abbott sues the Texas Highway Patrol Museum in San Antonio<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are more effective ways to help peace officers. Slaton&#8217;s friend told me she was impressed by the <a title=\"100 Club\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130902052649\/http:\/\/www.the100club.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 Club of Houston,<\/a> which does not raise money through telemarketers. It relies on membership donations, and according to its tax returns, it gave about $1 million in survivor benefits last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rick Hartley, executive director of the 100 Club, said the group has no plans whatsoever to try telemarketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not worth the blow to their credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Highway Patrol Museum sits on a prime piece of property near downtown San Antonio, across the street from Rosario&#8217;s Caf\u00e9 y Cantina. Business is booming at Rosario&#8217;s, but not so much at the museum. It usually looks empty every time I drive by or hang out in King William. 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