Orange County Grand Jury
• 2003-2004
• Agency Response
Response to:
Identity Theft 04/19/04, 94K
City of La Palma Vincent I. Giampa*
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Findings and Recommendations 2 findings
F4
"Orange County city police departments and the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department work cooperatively to develop standardized public information materials, possibly modeled after excellent pamphlets that now exist, for use by all departments. (Finding 4)" RESPONSE The La Palma Police Department has developed and made available to the public a printed brochure with public information materials related to identity-theft crimes. Our information includes specific information for reporting those crimes to the La Palma Police Department. Although a generic brochure developed on a countywide basis may have some benefits, we believe our public information exceeds the requirements advocated by the Grand Jury.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
"Orange County city police departments and the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department adopt a standardized identity-theft crime-reporting form, possibly modeled after forms now in use by several police departments. (Finding 5)" RESPONSE The La Palma Police Department developed a specific identity-theft crime- reporting form and believes it meets the necessary requirements for reporting that type of crime. Our form can be made available to other agencies in Orange County that may not have such a specific identity-theft crime report. Respectfully submitted, City of La Palma Police Department Brochure with Additional information is available to view at the Orange County Public Law Library 515 North Flower Santa Ana, CA 92703 (Building 32, Civic Center Plaza) ____ ----
No recommendations for this finding
Comments 5
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CO1Long Beach Police Department Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department California Department of Justice
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CO2California Department of Insurance
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CO3California Department of Health Services United States Postal Service United States Secret Service ٠ Major financial institutions (banks, credit unions, credit card services,
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CO4mortgage corporations, and private sector investigative services) Costco Wholesale Council on Aging Home Depot, Inc.
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CO5Identity Theft 911 Ralph's Grocery Company TransUnion identity-theft investigations and had an opportunity to discuss the findings revealed in the Orange County Grand Jury report at their May meeting. Another reason that we believe a task force is not in the best interest of our department is that our existing resources assigned to investigate identity thefts at the La Palma Police Department can be used for other investigations as needed. Typically, officers that would be assigned to a task force would be limited to task force activities and unavailable for other investigative department needs.
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