National Privacy Week April 28th - May 4th '13

April 28^th  through May 4^th  is Privacy Awareness Week, and to mark the occasion, the FTC and other members of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) are teaming up to talk about why privacy matters and what individuals and businesses can do about it in today’s digital world. The FTC has a number of resources to protect important information. Click on the image below for more resources.

FTC- National Privacy Awareness Week 2013

The FTC has released a great report worth reading. See the article caption and link below.

R. Coleman, CPAM

Fraud harms 25.6 million people: Anyone you know?

• By Bridget Small
• April 23, 2013 - 2:05pm

The FTC is always working to know more about the types of fraud being committed and who spends money on them.  Periodically, we survey consumers and ask them to share details about their recent marketplace experiences and a bit about themselves.  Our most recent survey found that nearly 11% of U.S. adults — an estimated 25.6 million people — paid for fraudulent products and services in 2011.
There were an estimated 37.8 million incidents of fraud because some respondents, especially those who bought bogus work-at-home programs, made multiple purchases.  The survey report has rich details about the financial circumstances and demographics of consumers surveyed, including how they found and paid for fraudulent products, and how shopping and payment methods have changed since 2005.


Click the link to the FTC site for the report.FTC Fraud Survey Report 4/23/13

C.P.A.M. 2012 Conference: Interview with US Eastern District Attorney General Barbara McQuade

The Crime Prevention Association of MI's 2012 conference "The Power of Prevention" was well attended and the speakers on point. This year's theme focused on all aspects of crime prevention practitioner's taking the tools learned and applying them in our respective communities.

One of our speakers was the U.S. Attorney General for the Eastern District of Michigan Mrs. Barbara McQuade who provided an overview of the role of the US Attorney Generals office in the East District of Michigan and how the residents that are served by the local law enforcement agencies can obtain assistance from any of the U.S. Attorney Generals offices.

Rich Coleman, Legislative Liaison, C.P.A.M. had the opportunity to interview Mrs. McQuade highlighting the presentation and the importance of working with Identity Theft and Fraud, senior safety, families, crime in our neighborhoods, our youth as we deal with bullying, gang violence, drugs, and issues that impact all of our communities.

Click the link below to see the video.

Interview: East District US Attorney General, Barbara McQuade

2012 CPAM Conference - Interviews with CPAM members

Crime Prevention Association of MI 2012 Conference- Interviews with Members
http://vimeo.com/63791830

"CPAM President Lt. Lee Hoeksema, Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept. welcomes members and guests to the conference and thanks Michigan chiefs, Sheriff, and Directors of Public Safety for their support of crime prevention. Deputy Chief Rick Smiedendorf, Berrien County Oronoko Twp., and other C.P.A.M. members talk about their experience as members and the importance of the conference. Plan to attend the 2013 CPAM conference, Oct. 8th - 11th, in Traverse City MI. It will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa. For more details go to www.crimepreventionassociationofmichigan.org

 

Vimeo Link - CPAM 2012 Conference and Interviews with Members

CPAM 2012 - Awards for Outstanding Efforts in the field of Crime Prevention for 2012

CPAM 2012 Conference "The Power of Prevention"

2012 Awards for Outstanding  Efforts in the Field of  Crime Prevention

In October 2012, the Crime Prevention Association of Michigan hosted it's annual conference in Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Opening the conference the night before was the Awards for Outstanding efforts in the field of Crime Prevention. This is one of our most important nights of recognizing our peers and their agencies for their outstanding work for their community. 

We would like to thank the Michigan Chief's, Director's of Public Safety and Sheriff's throughout the state  that support, provide personnel, and resources to members of C.P.A.M.

Our elected C.P.A.M. officers, training committee members, and awards committee worked very hard to reach out to find agency leaders and members to recommend those members who had gone over and beyond the day-to-day efforts of protecting and serving our respective communities for these awards.

The following awards were presented:

 Crime Prevention Practitioner's of the Year: * Two members selected

Officer Charles Henly, Detroit Police Department, "The Detroit Blue Pigs Band"

Deputy Phil Green, Newaygo County Sheriff's Dept.

Volunteer of the Year

Mr. Glen Buller, Walker Department of Public Safety

Outstanding Media Award

WDIV Channel 4's "Defender's"

"K-2 Spice Impact on families"

Ro Coppola, Producer

Outstanding Corporate Award

Chris Yeager, "PRINTEK"

Outstanding Project in the field of Crime Prevention

Deputy Tom McCutcheon, Kent County Sheriff's Dept.

"National Night Out"

Outstanding Unit Award

Community Patrol Unit, Pittsfield Twp. Police Dept.

Officer Matt Hornbeck

Officer Kevin Cassette

Outstanding Youth / School Officer

Officer Chuck Mendham

West Bloomfield P.D.

C.P.A.M Members who served in leadership roles

Mike Kazyak, Auburn Hills P.D.

Rick Trabusley, West Bloomfield P.D.

Dave Robinson, Rockford D.P.S.

CPAM 2012 Video- Awards for Outstanding efforts in the field of Crime Prevention

FTC - Resolving Identity Theft? How to Help

The FTC has created a video that will help show victims of ID Theft .  See the note below from the FTC staff and the video link.

FTC staff has a proud history of collaborating with legal services and victims’ rights groups, sharing legal resources and information and training hundreds of advocates throughout the country about a number of important consumer protection issues. Along the way, we’ve gotten many questions about how to help people reduce their risk of identity theft — and how to help them recover from the crime.


FTC website Resolving ID Theft video