How can I get the police to stop calling me to give to the Policemens Charity?

Question

Every year my wife and i get a request to send money into the police or sheriff for some reason. I got disgusted and told them I already gave because i got a ticket for going five miler over and that was $116,,,i think..but the person just laughed and said I get tickets too...I just have to get rude and slam the phone down..any other resource? as the last election i was told the dems and rep. could call even if you are on the no call list..thats not right

Answer 1

I'm ex-special forces so I can think of a dozen tactics immediately to resolve this dilemma but I won't go into them all. One thing I do is list my phone number in someone else's name. This doesn't cost me a dime and I pick a celebrity that's not too well known.

Next, I NEVER answer the phone. Anymore anyway. That's what my Secretary at work gets paid for and that's why I have voicemail (or an answering machine) at home. It's my cheaper Secretary and it doesn't yap as much.

Three. If I want to answer the phone I have something interesting to read to them. The Bible. Excerpts from Secrets of the Federal Reserve by Eustace Mullins. Or my not so famous riddle and offer routine.

Four. I like to sell them on my stuff. I always have something for sale. How would you like to join a citizens group that is promoting debt and tax elimination public policy? (If you only knew the truth of that.)

I like the idea of calling the police but you could just ask them to put you on their no call list. You could say, "No thanks, I already paid my taxes this year." Then hang up.

My question to you is why are you spending your life answering phone calls from people who you don't know and aren't doing anything to help improve the quality of your life? It sounds like you are old enough to have learned better.

Oh, one final comment. Political calls are exempt from the no call laws since they are a form of free speech and not inherently commercial. Just the facts.

Answer 2

I get all kinds of calls from groups claiming to be some kind of policemen's charity. I am all for putting money into a fund to help the police, but since I have limited funds, myself, I usually call the city's local police dept. before committing any funds anywhere. I have been told time and again that the police DO NOT solicit funds from the public and that these groups are, indeed (as someone has already said) scams.

Answer 3

My kids worked for a phone solicitation place that supposedly represented the police charities. Many of those places, as the one that my children worked for are rip offs. The money does not go for the police. The thing is that they cannot be put on the "do not call list" because they are government. GGGGGrrrrrrr.

Answer 4

The organizations that call to solicit money for Police and Sheriff Charities are not associated with any Law Enforcement Agencies at all. Listen carefully to their pitch. It is worded thoughtfully to mislead you. Police, widows and children of Police never see the money. It is a scam.

Ask to speak to a supervisor when they call. Then tell them to remove your name and number from "ALL" call lists. They are obligated by law to do so.

Register your phone number with the Federal Trade Commission "Do Not Call List" by going here...
http://www.ftc.gov/donotcall
It prohibits telemarketers from calling you.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

The phone voice keeps about 90% of the money.
Ask for the charity's irs tax number.
I believe those types of non-profit's tax records are public.
Find the info at the IRS site.
It will at least pass the time.
Using that number you could also contact your consumer
protection agency.
Those telemarketers imply that they are cops, they aren't.
They aren't even mildly connected to the police, except for some one on the force accepting a gift from them.

Answer 7

It's not the Police who are calling you, it's phonies set up in boiler rooms making those calls. If your in the United States you can add your phone number to the national no call list.

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

Answer 8

Tell him you'll call the police if he won't stop.

Answer 9

Tell them not to call, you don't wish to donate anymore.

Answer 10

report them to you local senator .
or the govinator if in ca .