Call came in tonight on caller ID showed Texas Call. If this is the Fraternal Order of Police, as other reports show, who is to hold them accountable for disturbing the peace?
TXFOP is a sham! The FOP does not use phone calls to solicit. Report to TXFOP grnad lodge of date & time and file report with TX atty gen. Greg Abbott!
Called at 5:19 pm on 02/07/08 and when answered no one responds. Completely annoying since I am ill with pneumonia and struggle to answer worried it might be family in need of something.
See <http://www.texasfop.com/organization/fund-raising.cfm>. There's a link to a Word document where you'll find the statement:
"You may be visiting this page because you recently received a fundraising telephone call. You will be glad to know that only actual employees of the Texas State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police (TXFOP) are currently making these calls. "
There is also a sample of their pledge form.
So it appears that TX FOP is making these calls and because they're a registered non-profit, are exempt from the National and the Texas do no call lists.
I politely requested to be removed from their list and the person on the other end was nice about it. We'll see if tonight was my last call.
They are required to tell you how much money is actually allocated to the charity(police officer "training & equipment") I asked and they said 27 cents of every dollar actually goes to police training. The remainder goes to "adminstrative cost." This is similiar to the "Texas State Trooper Booster" organization. Same idea. Both are legal(technically), but are really in the business of making money. Tell them to remove your name/phone# their list. Talk to your state representative about such practices.