Do you receive phone calls from police organizations soliciting political donations?

[LiberalFighter]

I get quite a few here in Indiana asking for help in supporting legislation for law enforcement and lobbying. I'm not nice to them.

As a union member in the private sector I find it offensive that they are calling people that are not their members. My union solicits and receives donations only from the members.

The same should apply to those in the public sector. They have enough members that should be able to find their own PACs to support lobbying for their issues. Teachers do it and police and firefighters should do the same. Not once have I received a call from a teacher's organization soliciting so called funds.

[RandySF]

1. All the time.

[DURHAM D]

2. I get calls all of the time from "police organizations".

I think it is prisoners just trying to earn a few dollars.

[LakeArenal]

3. Yes.

[marble falls]

4. tAnd not one of them is ever tax deductable. They're all scams.

[dameatball]

5. Occasionally I do.

I just say 'No thank you." I have no difficulty finding ways to donate without having to be called and solicited.

[Maeve]

6. And hang up on them every time

[Karma13612]

7. Yea I have.

And I say NOPE, and immediately hang up.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. They're paid well as public servants, don't see why they need my money

and yes they call 2-3 times a week sometimes.

[mitch96]

9. I tell them if they stop killing African Americans I'll donate. They will try to change the sales

Pitch but I just keep saying the same thing over and over again. Stop killing people of color and I will donate. After a while they give up and leave. I get no phone calls from them any more..OH NO... CANCEL CULTURE!!!
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[KentuckyWoman]

10. 99.9999% of the time they are not attached to ANY union or agency.

Nearly always the calls I get are a man with a really official sounding voice.

"Hello ma'am this is ( always garbled name ) calling on behalf of the (always garbled ) Sherriff's dept."

I hang up.

Once their caller ID was my own phone number.

These people are predators. Period. Full stop.

[Tetrachloride]

11. Ask for their tax identification number and their website.

just keep talking and wear them down. put them on speaker phone. tell them you are on speaker phone.

call department of revenue. tell them you are calling department of revenue.

[nycbos]

12. As a matter of fact I got one today.

A semi frequent occurrence for me.

[Tomconroy]

13. They are professional solicitors. They do not belong to police unions

[happybird]

14. We even get them at work

on the landline business phone. Ugh.

[multigraincracker]

15. Next time you don't know who is calling,

Answer Detective Jones. Covers most scammers.

[MOMFUDSKI]

16. A Lot

and I tell them to call the banks - they have all the money. Then I hang up.

[yorkster]

17. Have had a few

Usually male who spouts a few words including "they want to defund the police", etc. at which point I get ticked and say, "No one is talking about defunding the damn police. Stop calling me." Phone slam follows.
I mostly weed out the fundraising calls.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

18. Yes. I no longer answer my phone, every call goes to the

answering machine. My message is "I don't have caller ID so you will have to speak up and identify yourself for me to answer the phone. If I don't answer the phone I may not be here, but you can leave a message so I can get back to you. Thank you for calling, have a good day." This stopped most of the junk calls. Well, it didn't stop them, but they don't identify themselves and just hang up. I don't have to listen to them, or the truckers who call wanting to haul my produce. (I only grow enough to go to a couple of farmers markets.)

[Aristus]

19. Not anymore.

I told them to never fucking call me again!

Uncharacteristically, they complied…