DALLAS \u2014 The Dallas Police Department is warning of scam calls impersonating a department lieutenant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a social media post Friday, the department said, scammers may tell victims they missed a court appearance, have an active warrant for their arrest or need to report to police headquarters to verify paperwork. In some cases, the callers already know personal details such as a person’s name, address or phone number, making the scam appear more credible.<\/p>\n
The Dallas Police Department is aware of reports of scammers impersonating a Dallas Police lieutenant to deceive residents.<\/p>\n
The caller may claim you missed a court date, have a warrant for your arrest, or need to come downtown to verify paperwork. In some cases, the scammer may\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) July 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In the post, DPD said it will never call to demand action on a warrant or missed court appearance and is pleading with victims to never provide personal or financial information over the phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n DPD advises victims to hang up immediately and is asking everyone share the warning so no one falls victim. If you do receive a call, you’re asked to report the call to the department. Online reports can be made here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS \u2014 The Dallas Police Department is warning of scam calls impersonating a department lieutenant.\u00a0 In a social…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-385612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}