Q&A
Council Member Banks raises concerns about difficulties in reporting fraud at precincts
1:59:01
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Council Member Chris Banks expresses concern about the challenges seniors face when trying to report fraud at police precincts. He emphasizes the seriousness of the issue, noting that victims can accumulate thousands of dollars in debt due to fraud.
- Banks highlights the frustration people experience when attempting to make reports at precincts
- He questions what is being done to address these difficulties and prevent seniors from 'suffering in silence'
- The council member stresses the financial impact of fraud on seniors, mentioning debts of thousands of dollars
Chris Banks
1:59:01
Thank you, commissioner, and thank you to the panel.
1:59:05
Very important and serious topic.
1:59:07
I wanna thank the chancellor for bringing this hearing together.
1:59:13
The when it comes to reporting, I get constant complaints about having a hard time trying to give a report or make a report at the precinct, and that's across the board.
1:59:28
But particularly, in this particular topic, what is being done to to to so folks don't get frustrated.
1:59:39
Because it it it it I mean, I'd say it makes it easy.
1:59:41
But in a sense, it makes it easy to kinda suffer in silence.
1:59:47
And we're talking about, you know, folks racking up 1000, 1000 of dollars in debt.
1:59:54
So what is being done to help make sure that when someone goes to the precinct that, you know, that they're able to make a report, which is part of the process, I believe, to trying to get bring some of us off to to to the particular fraud.
