I have belonged to the FOP for 40 years now and have never known of any lodge in my state to solicit funds from the public. FOP members pay their own dues and associate members pay a lesser fee for a dissimilar emblem and member card. The FOP may at times hold local periodic fund raisers for, say, a member or an immediate family member in financial distress due to medical problems for example but I have never known them to make phone solicitations. Since retiring and moving out of state I get numerous phone solicitations from "The FOP" and "State Troopers Association". I ask that they show up at my door for a face to face contribution but they always decline for some reason. I consider them to be scams and my suggestion to you is hang up or decline to contribute.