I think it was called "the Fraternal Order of Police", which had no official association with the police. I don't know what defines "official", but the FOP is

I think it was called "the Fraternal Order of Police", which had no official association with the police. I don't know what defines "official", but the FOP is most definitely associated with the police: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Police https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Police A trick I heard is that if you tell them to "Take my name off of your list", they're legally obligated to do so. Yeah, you can almost hear them in the background falling all over themselves as they hurry to remove your name when you utter those magic words. They might be legally obligated, but someone has to enforce it in order for it to be effective. You have good reason to doubt the effectiveness. :-)