Q&A
Sheriff's office handling of deed theft cases
1:20:30
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60 sec
Council Member Brewer inquires about the Sheriff's office capacity to handle deed theft cases, given their other responsibilities. Colette McCain-Jacques provides information on the process.
- The Sheriff's office has a dedicated unit that handles deed fraud cases
- The Department of Finance sends cases electronically to the Sheriff's office via a SharePoint site
- An annual report is sent to the City Council detailing the number of cases, complaints, and referrals
- The Sheriff's office investigates all cases sent to them by the Department of Finance
Gale A. Brewer
1:20:30
And then finally, I'm big supporter of the sheriff, but he is busy with my smoke shops.
1:20:35
So do you is he able is he able to keep up with
Colette McCain-Jacques
1:20:39
He has a unit that handles the fort that we come in contact with.
1:20:43
We have a SharePoint site and we send everything electronically to them and we work together.
1:20:51
They actually, we send city council a report every year annually about the notice of recorded documents, how many have been how many people registered by borough.
1:21:01
Actually, the report was just sent out November 15th and we also have that report listed on our site, so you have a lot of information about how many cases are closed, how many complaints were made, how many my office referred to the sheriff.
1:21:16
So, that gives you a lot of,
Gale A. Brewer
1:21:19
internet.
1:21:19
So, his that unit is keeping up, it's not been slowed down?
1:21:22
What
Colette McCain-Jacques
1:21:23
you said?
1:21:23
No.
1:21:24
They have a specific unit that handles that.
1:21:26
Right.
1:21:27
They look at whatever we send to them.
Gale A. Brewer
1:21:29
Okay.
1:21:29
Thank you very much.
