Off Duty Off Fund?

[bmccasland]

A couple of weeks ago, early one saturday morning, I got caught by my local sheriff's dept in essentially a speed trap, doing 13 over the limit driving down a freeway overpass. OK you caught me, where do I sign? I rarely if ever see our Finest working Traffic like I have in other places I lived - you just don't see cops pulling someone over for blowing red lights, stop signs, etc around here. Nah, they periodically do road blocks for insurance checks, vehicle inspection stickers, or wait at the bottom of freeway overpasses to pick off every driver that rolls down in the early morning hours.

But I digress. So adequate time has passed, and I can go on line to get my lovely fine amount. Among the itemized things I'm going to be donating to - all of which make some kind of sense, with one exception - the "Off Duty Off Fund." Is that like the "Widows and Orphans Fund"? Otherwise known as the "beer and pizza fund?" It's $10, whatever it is. I wonder if I can choose not to donate to the Off Duty Off Fund? Nah, probably not.