773-202-4200

Got several calls from 773-202-4200. Finally I answered and it was a call from Veteran Police Organization asking to donate money.

Same experience as above.  Call from "VPO"

Got a call from the same number, they never leave a essage if the person that they are calling for is not at home. Also they sounded kind of rude.

I got a phone call from the "American Association of Police Officers".... It sounded like a scam from the start.  They asked me if I had a minute, I said no.  They said they'd call me back...

Then researched it... Found this... Scam...

as soon as they said "police" hung up!!!lol!

I got a call from this number and I join their organization. They do many good things for the community. The website for this hgroup is www.policeusa.com

bought a membership from the American Association of Police Officers. They send me a monthly newsletter, and I got a Decal for my car window. I live in bad neighborhood and the Decal keeps the thieves away from my car. I dont care where the money goes...all I know is by being a member I feel very safe.

bought a membership from the American Association of Police Officers. They send me a monthly newsletter, and I got a Decal for my car window. I live in bad neighborhood and the Decal keeps the thieves away from my car. I dont care where the money goes...all I know is by being a member I feel very safe.

The American Association of Police Officers, a 501 c3 non-profit organization, is the administrative home to Junior Police Academy and the Police Protective Fund.
www.PoliceProtectiveFund.org
www.JuniorPoliceAcademy.org

Got a call for my husband and they would not leave a msg and abruptly hung up! I'm not even sure how they got our number.

You donate 1-time AND they continue to keep calling you on a regular basis for more doantions.............that is harrassment to me!
That is my personal experience.

I recently moved to IL and I keep getting calls (about 2 a day) from this number.  They never leave a message.  They just called and when I answered there was just silence.  I called the number back and got a "this number is no longer in service" message.

Calls twice a day, I don't answer

they call several times, since i do not have answering machine they eventually hangup. my number is supposed to be unlisted...

keeps calling.

They called, said it was so-and-so with some organization. They were very rude and they were very sketchy asking who lived there and where they were and when they would be back. Total scam.

I used to work for a company and VPO was one of our Campaigns we do a lot of "cold calls" threw a "auto-dialer"

call says illinois call. they called asking for my boyfriend and when i asked if he could call them back he said his name was luis lopez and asked when he could call back left number 773 883 0002 to call back to.

Thanks. I understand about organizations calling to get donations, and I have donated before.  What I don't understand is why they do it in such a disrespectfull way by screaming and scaring a person I have heard so many comments about how they call like they are demanding something.  Honestly every time I hear them talk like that I will just hang up.

I recommend being careful with the money you donate.
The call I got was from a local number (no listing in the on-line directories) that was number different than 1-773-202-4200.  The caller said he represented "American Association of Police Officers" and asked whether I wanted to contribute again (I don't recall ever doing so).

This organization raised about $1,312,389 in 2006.  The amount spent on actual programs was $104,407.  Of the remaining, $615,662 was spent on admin & management and an additional $592,320 on fund raising!  This information is from the organization's 2006 tax filing.
I found this on this WEB site (found by doing an internet search using the terms 'charity' and 'research'):
http://www.guidestar.org/ 
You can (should?) also use this one:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/ 
Jim