Posted on 08/12/2009 6:05:45 PM PDT by LukeL
I was involved in a very minor fender bender on 94 West in Milwaukee on Friday. The responding officer took down my driver's license information (even though I was a passenger) and statement (the other car drove off and I gave a partial plate)
Today I get 7 mailings from 6 different law firms about my accident, my friend who was the driver received 8 mailings. As the Milwaukee Sheriff's Department is the only entity that knows about it, they must have sold my information to the law firms in the area. Can they do this? I also gave my number and today got a text message about getting a new car. What else can I expect? Is there anything I can do?
They may not be published in your paper, but they are available either at the Police Station or your county court house. In my town a reporter goes every day to the Police Station to get all the calls and accident reports, any person can do the same. They are considered public. Did you know in most states every single Last Will and Testiment are filed with the county court and you can go read them?
The police are not selling your information.
Lawyers are looking at police blotters or reading the press beat that covers the police blotters. They are pubic records and the ambulance chaser lawyers are always using them for unsolicited mailings.
I meant “public”, yeah I need to get another soda.
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