J. Jackson, are you retarded, or do you just enjoy acting that way?
They are a legit business (technically). Yes, they do operate in a legal grey area, but they are INFACT under contract WITH the FOP in ALL 50 states. Thats right, the Fraternal Order of Police lodges from ALL 50 states actually signed contracts with this company to solicit donations by phone. As the Fraternal Order of Police is a registered non-profit organization, ANYONE calling on their behalf are EXEMPT from the normal DNC laws, both state and Federal, and have a different set of laws they are required to follow.
1) Regardless of whether you are on the National or your states DNC or not, they can call you, anytime between 8 AM and 9 PM local time, UNTIL you specifically request to be placed on their individual DNC. This is because they are legally calling on "behalf" of a non-profit organization seeking donations.
2) They still CANNOT call cell phones by law.
3) Once you have requested being on their individual DNC, they are REQUIRED to do so. If they do not, the fines are actually worse than the $10,000 from the original DNC. (The company is usually fined 13,000+, which is paid directly to you, however you may be ordered to donate it directly to the charity anyways. It has happened like that before (e.g. Verizon Wireless Vs. Feature Films for Families/Corporations for Character, which are actually the same company).
In every law suit they lost that you mentioned, the winning party was ordered to turn around and donate the money back into the charity this company was soliciting for in the first place. So, yeah...
Oh, and also, with the answering machine weird/retardedness, and the "representing them selves as cops" I work there (which is why I am not using my real name and I am using a friends Internet connection, don't wanna get fired). The calls you receive from this number are actually pre-recorded audio files. It actually is a live person on the other end, and they can hear you (if you talk) but they just push a button to respond with the best response the system has to what you say. So it is a live/computer hybrid. This has its limitations. There is an "Answering Machine" button which just disconnects the call, however the person pushing the button must actually hear something like "leave a message after the beep" to know its an answering machine. Some people have there answering machine recordings so short that the person does not hear this (as it is an Assembly line system, a different agent handles each section of the call), so they don't know that they are talking to an answering machine.
Unfortunately, there is a design flaw in the system in which the "Yes" and "No" buttons are placed right next to each other (touch screen interface). This has the unfortunate side effect of accidentally pushing the wrong button sometimes.
Example:
Q "Are you a police officer?"
A "Yes" *DAMN IT, I MEANT TO PUSH NO!*
This is especially problematic when the touch screen is not calibrated right (which is unfortunately often the case).
Thats not even taking into account each agent handles three calls at once, one in the left ear, one in the right ear, and one in surround sound. If even one of those people is yelling at the agent, they might not hear you right, which can result in a completely wrong button.
Another design flaw in the (possibly programmed in the worst computer language ever for this type of system) of the system is that, while the agent may press the DNC button to add someone to the DNC, the person requesting DNC usually hangs up before the agent(s) can finish the process. Two buttons must be pressed to add someone to the DNC. The first is the normal "DNC" button. Upon pressing this button an audio file will play that promises to add the person to the DNC and apologizes. The second button is the Thank you, bye(DNC) button. Unfortunately, most people hang up before the agent can press the Thank you, bye (DNC) button, which is actually the button that adds the person to the DNC. This can (and often does) result in the call disappearing from the agent's screen before they can press it (sometimes if your lucky, the call hangs for a few seconds before disconnecting, but its rare). This is a design flaw in the system, and it should add you the moment the first DNC button is pushed, but it doesn't. You may still be added if a supervisor listens to a recording of the call later, but as even the smallest call center for this company calls more than 30,000 people per shift (2 shifts a day), this is, needless to say, unlikely.
Just thought that I would give some helpful info. I wont say which call center I call out of, my real name, or anything else cause I am all ready taking a HUGE risk saying what I have.
Update, just got fired for the earlier comment. It is obvious my, now ex bosses, monitor this page. Thats all I will say here. Go to http://www.crashedata.com (my blog) to read more about the firing and this company, and the legal action they are threatening me with. In addition, if your from CfC and you go to that website, be sure that the first page you read is the Terms & Conditions, even before the article on you, as the way the T&C page is worded exempts me from any legal action based on what is posted to that blog.
JZc YOU are the one retarded!!!
there are a lot of mason dirty [***] cops.Cops dont get but like 3-5% and even the cops tell you NOT to give you F****** idiot.. Your a mason, sorry [***] ! rot [***]