They’re not asking you. They’re asking the companies
The real solution is for companies to ask for the name of the officer, and then go to the official police website, call their non emergency number, and ask to speak with the officer. Then confirm that it was them, in fact, that sent the request.
Bonus: then tell them to get a fucking warrant and hang up the phone.
When I type, it does what you expect (going to the file/folder in the current directory by what you type).
Some time ago the others started doing some annoying search thing when you type, and I can’t find how to turn that off. Anyway thunar is simper and gets the job done faster