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Introduction of the Older Adult Liaison program for reporting elder fraud
2:00:11
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Commissioner Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez introduces the Older Adult Liaison program, a collaborative effort between the Department for the Aging and NYPD to create a clear point of entry for older adults reporting fraud.
- The program establishes designated officers as Older Adult Liaisons in precincts
- It aims to provide a familiar point of contact for seniors in the community
- Council Member Banks seeks clarification on the role of these liaisons versus regular officers in taking reports
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
2:00:11
I'll let NYPD answer that specifically, but what I will say is what we've done as as 2 agencies.
2:00:21
Is create a system and individuals called community, the older adult liaison.
2:00:27
And that's for us, it's not a panacea.
Chris Banks
2:00:30
Okay.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
2:00:30
But for us, it's real clear that there is a point of entry for older adults.
Chris Banks
2:00:35
Right.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
2:00:35
And that's what we're all striving to and working for.
2:00:38
Alright?
2:00:39
And so then it's knowing who that individual is locally.
Chris Banks
2:00:44
At the precinct.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
2:00:45
At the precinct in the community, and so that then that becomes a point of contact.
Chris Banks
2:00:50
So the point of contact?
2:00:52
Right.
2:00:52
The point of contact is a crime the crime prevention officer, or is that the person that's It's a designated
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
2:00:59
officer who is a dead subject
Chris Banks
2:01:01
to report.
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez
2:01:01
Older adult liaison.
Chris Banks
2:01:03
Okay.
2:01:05
So the, you know, like at 75th precinct, which is notorious for having a hard time to make a report, if a re can a report be made to someone to just a a regular officer or someone who I was at the desk when it comes to the for auto.