AGENCY TESTIMONY
Role and activities of Crime Prevention Officers
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Crime Prevention Officers (CPOs) play a crucial role in the NYPD's efforts to prevent elder fraud through community outreach and education. These officers are embedded in each precinct and police service area to provide direct support to the community.
- CPOs conduct regular safety presentations for older individuals, with over 27,100 presentations completed to date
- Officers proactively reach out to the community, conducting sessions at various locations including adult centers, libraries, and houses of worship
- Presentations typically last 30-60 minutes and include printed materials, videos, and PowerPoint presentations on common scams
Josh Levin
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There are embedded, as the commissioner mentioned, in each precinct, and police service area, crime prevention officers.
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You may hear the post refer to them as CPOs throughout this.
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Their job is to provide educational outreach to the community and implement affirmative community initiatives to prevent these crimes.
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Now, these liaisons conduct community outreach.
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They regularly hold older individual safety presentations.
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And to date, we have done over 27100 such presentations at community events.
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We do not expect anyone to come to us.
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So we meet these community members where they are.
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We go to McDonald's, adult centers, libraries, houses of worship to provide personal and financial safety information sessions daily city wide.
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Now these events typically run 30 to 60 minutes and we also provide printed flyers and videos and PowerPoint presentations to inform elderly community members of the types of scams that we're seeing being perpetrated.
