El Centro Police Department

1	El Centro Police Department Identity Theft & You
2	Why Do You Need This Information? Our Duty to You: Community Oriented Policing Crime Prevention Timing is of the Essence Everybody is Affected Including children
3	What Is Identity Theft? When your personal information is stolen and is used to commit fraud or theft.
4	How Does I.D. Theft Occur?
5	How Does I.D. Theft Occur? Cont.d
6	What Can Happen To Me?
7	What Can Happen To Me? Cont.d
8	How Can I Tell If I Am A Victim Of Identity Theft?
9	#1 Indicator of Fraud
10	Pro-Active vs. Reactive Responses to Identity Theft Reduce Risk Protect Privacy Avoid financial loss TOO LATE! Spend years and $$ expense to fix!! Repetitive Abuse Bad Credit/ financial loss
11	Managing Your Personal Information
12	Info through Phone & Mail
13	Travel Lightly
14	Consider Your Computer
15	If Your Identity’s Been Stolen …
16	Last, But Not Least… Steps Continued.
17	*Life Cycle of a Police Report
18	Questions & Answers