Police Academy class #13
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agt_spookyI knew something was wrong when I walked into class last night and the gym mats weren't on the floor. We were supposed to be learning hand-to-hand self defense skills, but we were told that two hours before class, our instructor had to cancel. I can't tell you how bummed I was. :-(
So instead we had presentations on Financial Identity Theft and Elder Abuse.
I was pretty restless during class, expecting to be doing something physical and instead I was behind my desk. Especially since at work yesterday I had to sit through a class on sexual harassment that my company is having everyone do.
I also didn't have my notebook with me because I thought I thought I was going to be doing hands-on exercises, so this recap is going to be pretty short! :-)
The financial identity stuff was pretty much common sense things about protecting your personal information. But it was still pretty scary to know that even if you do all of that, some things are still beyond your control. Like one guy had his identity stolen from a guy at a car dealership after he filled out a credit application. The employee just stole everything from this man. And there's another scam where employees at restaurants have these portable credit card scanners. You give them your card to pay your bill, they run it through this scanner, stealing all of your information before giving your card back to you.
The closest I ever came to anything like this was last year when someone in New York hacked into my Paypal account and stole all the money I had in there, plus hundreds of dollars more from my bank account, which my Paypal account is hooked to. It only took a couple days to get it straightened out and my money returned, but that was scary.
Have any of you been a victim of identity theft?
The presentation on elder abuse from the sheriff department's social worker, Ken, was the most depressing thing ever. It sickens me that this goes on in our society.
I was distracted during the presentation because Ken reminded me SO much of my friend Missy's father, Ron. You guys might remember me talking about Ron passing away last October. Not only did Ken physically resemble Ron, but Ron was a social worker his entire adult career as well, working in schools. Then Ken said he started his career in schools before moving to the sheriff's department. And Ken's sense of humor was just like Ron's as well. The similarities were so strange! It made me pretty melancholy, thinking about Ron and the last time I saw him, last Labor Day weekend. I'll always miss him.
So yeah, it was a strange night in class.
Next week is our LAST official class before graduation, on our Forensics Unit. We saw how evidence gets processed when it gets to the lab, now we'll see how that evidence actually gets collected. There's supposed to be a fake crime scene set up for us, where we'll be split up into groups to collect fingerprints, take photos, etc. then each group will have to write up a report on what we believe happened. Kinda like our final exam. :-) Wish me luck!
So instead we had presentations on Financial Identity Theft and Elder Abuse.
I was pretty restless during class, expecting to be doing something physical and instead I was behind my desk. Especially since at work yesterday I had to sit through a class on sexual harassment that my company is having everyone do.
I also didn't have my notebook with me because I thought I thought I was going to be doing hands-on exercises, so this recap is going to be pretty short! :-)
The financial identity stuff was pretty much common sense things about protecting your personal information. But it was still pretty scary to know that even if you do all of that, some things are still beyond your control. Like one guy had his identity stolen from a guy at a car dealership after he filled out a credit application. The employee just stole everything from this man. And there's another scam where employees at restaurants have these portable credit card scanners. You give them your card to pay your bill, they run it through this scanner, stealing all of your information before giving your card back to you.
The closest I ever came to anything like this was last year when someone in New York hacked into my Paypal account and stole all the money I had in there, plus hundreds of dollars more from my bank account, which my Paypal account is hooked to. It only took a couple days to get it straightened out and my money returned, but that was scary.
Have any of you been a victim of identity theft?
The presentation on elder abuse from the sheriff department's social worker, Ken, was the most depressing thing ever. It sickens me that this goes on in our society.
I was distracted during the presentation because Ken reminded me SO much of my friend Missy's father, Ron. You guys might remember me talking about Ron passing away last October. Not only did Ken physically resemble Ron, but Ron was a social worker his entire adult career as well, working in schools. Then Ken said he started his career in schools before moving to the sheriff's department. And Ken's sense of humor was just like Ron's as well. The similarities were so strange! It made me pretty melancholy, thinking about Ron and the last time I saw him, last Labor Day weekend. I'll always miss him.
So yeah, it was a strange night in class.
Next week is our LAST official class before graduation, on our Forensics Unit. We saw how evidence gets processed when it gets to the lab, now we'll see how that evidence actually gets collected. There's supposed to be a fake crime scene set up for us, where we'll be split up into groups to collect fingerprints, take photos, etc. then each group will have to write up a report on what we believe happened. Kinda like our final exam. :-) Wish me luck!
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Date: 2009-05-07 03:28 pm (UTC)Yes, our bank debit card got borked by someone. Fortunately for us, the bank refunded us the money within 5 days. Unfortunately for the scammers, I check my account daily on line so I notice odd transactions and we rarely have more than £200 in it 24 hours after pay day :lol:
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Date: 2009-05-07 07:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-07 04:29 pm (UTC)I had my credit card denied once, because the credit monitoring company noticed strange purchases,sure enough someone got my number. The card was cancelled and at least I didn't have to pay any of the charges.
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Date: 2009-05-07 07:58 pm (UTC)LOL! Trust me, I wanted to write exactly that!
sure enough someone got my number. The card was cancelled and at least I didn't have to pay any of the charges.
Isn't that scary?? I mean, how did they get the number, you know? I'm glad everything got straightened out for you.
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Date: 2009-05-07 05:13 pm (UTC)It must be awful, having someone steal your identity/money and do things that are going to be recorded against you. And then maybe having to prove that it's not actually you doing that stuff.
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Date: 2009-05-07 07:57 pm (UTC)