CPA – Day 4

Tuesday was day four of citizen police academy. The homicide bureau traded spots with the identity theft and fraud unit. So, on the agenda we had collision reconstruction, identity theft and fraud and the domestic violence unit.

It was interesting to me that the collision reconstruction unit does not use accident reconstruction software. At least nothing about that was mentioned. It’s all math and physics and sketches. They do have a machine that takes measurements and can map out the area on the computer but that’s as far as it went. Collision reconstruction fascinates me. I love math and science. I’m just horrible at them.

The identity theft and fraud unit was interesting but all stuff I pretty much knew. We had an officer come into our work to speak about that last year. Still, it was a good refresher. Always cover the input pad when you’re typing in your PIN. Never give out your PIN or password to anyone especially if you get an email asking for it. Doesn’t matter if it looks like it came from your bank. They don’t need to ask for that information. They already have it. Shred bill statements and bank statements. Don’t make public any information that can be used to steal your identity such as your birth date. He didn’t mention this, but I know this from working in payroll. NEVER give your SIN to anyone other than your employer, your bank and on credit card applications.

The domestic violence unit was what I expected as well. They handle a very large volume of cases. I hope one day the unit won’t be needed anymore but I have my doubts. I write about the horrible things people can do to each other and I don’t think people being horrible to others will go away.

I need to get some work done. Day five should be interesting. I try to post that one on time.

Until next time…

Cindy