(440) 235-4708

The police aren't allowed to call you due to the fact that it may influence your decision to give. I know this because I work for the fundraising office chosen by PAL to call people. This charity is not "bogus".

This caller refuses to identify himself and will not leave a message. He asks for a specific person and when told that he/she is not available, ****s up. As others have said the calls are always on weekends. Tried calling back and get a  full mailbox belonging to  "fundraising office."

I was receiving these calls on my number in ohio. Every time its on a sa****ay afternoon needless to sat im glad I looked it up on here  and read your info because Now I can be prepared for these bogus people. Thank you

I am getting calls daily from this number also...I figured it was some police organization solicitating...but you really don't know if its to benefit your area...They are very persistant...It does make you wonder if they will retaliate if you don't donate...scary we should feel that way...

Phone rang twice at 8:42 Pm on Oct. 6th.  When I answered, ***ody was there.  After saying "Hello" several times, I ***g up.  My caller id identifies the phone number as" 440-235-4708 and as THE STATE OF OH

After 1 month or so of "State of Ohio, The" appearing on my caller ID, having left the answering ma****e answer the call and the caller continually ****ing up on it,  I thought perhaps it could be so****ing important from the state of Ohio, like income tax matters, etc.  I picked up on the last call only to find a southern-drawled man's voice (not the way Ohians talk) giving a s***ch about keeping kids off drugs and asking to send me a packet.  I promptly said no thankyou and ***g up.  This bothered me for awhile because of the misrepresentation of the caller being the state of Ohio, so later I looked it up in the business directory of the local phone book.  It says State of Ohio, The, Pensacola Florida, Olmsted Falls number.  I decided to call the Olmsted Falls police to report what I think is a scam and was told they have no interest and didn't even want the number and that it is known the organization hires outside contractors and I should call the BBB.  Later that week, the local Sun News reported a rash of scams in their city which were bilking mostly elderly residents of thousands of dollars.  One would think that the police would have been more interested in my complaint from a neighboring city of a****ential scam.  This outfit might be legit, who knows if the cops don't even know?  What galls me and makes me su****ious is that they use the ID of the State of Ohio----there ought to be a law forbidding this!  One positive note:  Once I had answered the call, there have been no further daily ****up calls from this source since.

my cell is a Arizona ph # 602 - ***-****And I have gotten calls from "from the Police Athletic League" .!!!  On my Cell............but because I have program all my contacts into my cell , when i receive the called , I knew that it was someone that I did'nt know , but DUMMIE me answerd it , well no more...if i don't see a name i don't answer it.....

I received a call today 8/28/2008 at 3:38pm. The caller identified hmself as calling for PAL. He pressed me to commit to giving a donation. I told him that we donate to sepcific charities and have reached our limit. He wnet on to tell me how they are one of the only charities who keep their money in our county, blah, blah, blah!!! He finally accepted my response. When I did a reverse phone number look up it said they were based in Pensacola, FL. Uh, no thank you....he tried three times to*****ounce my last name without any success. He also could not*****ouce my street name which has just three letters in it, lol!

I received a call at 12:45 today, a Sa****ay, while I was out.  Caller I. D. said The State of Ohio.  They left no message, and I, too, wondered who from the State was calling on a Sa****ay afternoon.  Thanks to the previous comments I won't answer the call if I'm here.

I received a call on Monday afternoon 8/11/08 at 5:35pm stating they were from PAL to keep kids in my neighborhood off drugs.  I asked the caller to send me so****ing in the mail, and he in turn responded they were a non-profit and the mailings cost money and if I didn't donate then they couldn't send me so****ing in the mail, they in turn could not pay for.  The caller talked so fast that I could barely understand them.

Received call on Sa****ay August 2, 2008 at 9:14AM. How many state agencies have non-essential employees working on Sa****ay??? This number is NOT from the "State of Ohio" but rather, located in the state of OH. Don't be fooled by telephone solicitors claiming to raise money for various law enforcement departments. They are independent contractors getting a commission for money raised while they harass you.

The caller identified himself as from the Police Athletic League.  I am always afraid to say no to charities that say they are from police because I am afraid one of their members may later try to cite me for some imaginary infraction, or not come to the house if I call 911 to report a prowler.  I suppose that's silly, but it's in the back of my mind.  I gathered my nerve up and told this man I only consider solicitations that come through the mail, but he persisted until I said "Bye, now" repeatedly and finally just ***g up. I hope I don't later regret this.  I always vote for police levies and sometimes give to real charitable organizations that benefit police or fire, but I just don't believe this one is real.  I used to give to an organization in Warren, Ohio, which claimed to benefit police, but they always sent somebody around to collect cash, and always tried to cajole me into giving more than the $15 I thought I could afford.  Later somebody told me they were in fact connected to the police, but they were a recreational motorcycle club.I have to wonder how they get away with using a caller ID that calls them "The State of Ohio."

I have asked several times for these people to stop calling me and still they call and call.  I have left several messages telling them to stop calling me and take my name and number off the list.... The dont.. STOP.

state highway patrol asking for bogus rafal tickets

No message left. Returned the call and seemed like a solicitation for a donation.