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AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 21, 2006
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: SCOTT M. JORDAN, CHIEF OF POLICE
SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE REPORT - AB618 (CODGlLL)
SUMMARY:
Formalize the City Council's support for Assembly Bill 618 which would dramatically reduce
financial fraud and identity theft. Assembly Bill 618 will add photos of a suspect to the list of
information that law enforcement officials can request when investigating an identity theft or
fraud crime.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council support AB618 (Codgill).
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill 618, as introduced by Codgill, is related to identify theft. Currently, some
banks have resisted providing law enforcement with bank surveillance photos of the suspects
committing the violation. These photos are often the missing link in an investigation. Some
financial institutions resist providing them to law enforcement because they are not required
by law.
When law enforcement is investigating fraudulent use of drafts, checks, or other orders, if the
account holder agrees, the bank must provide the following upon request:
1. The number of items dishonored.
2. The number of items paid that created overdrafts.
3. The dollar volume of the dishonored items and items paid which created overdrafts and
a statement explaining any credit arrangement between the bank, credit union, or
savings association and customer to pay overdrafts.
4. The dates and amounts of deposits and debits and the account balance on these
dates.
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5. A copy of the signature card, including the signature and any addresses appearing on
a customer's signature card.
6. The date the account opened and, if applicable, the date the account closed.
AB618 proposes to amend Government Code Section 7480 (b) and (c) to add subsection 7
which states: Surveillance photos of persons accessing the crime victim's financial account
via an automated teller machine (A TM) or from within the financial institution.
This bill is a tool that is greatly needed in the fight against the growing and costly spread of ID
Theft throughout the state and request support of AB 618.
Scott M. Jordan
Chief of Police
Attached: Bill Text
Support Letter
News Release
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4,2006
CALIFORNIA LEGISLA TURE-2005-o6 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL
No. 618
Introduced by Assembly Member Cogdill
February 17,2005
An act to amend Section 539.5 of-thc Pcnal-Code 7480 of the
Government Code, relating to crime.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 618, as amended, Cogdill. . Crime.
Existing law provides that when any police or sheriff's department,
or district attorney in this state certifies to a bank, credit union, or
savings association in this state, or doing business in this state, that a
crime report has been filed that involves the alleged fraudulent use of
drafts, checks, or other orders, and so requests, the institution must
furnish specified information, with the consent of the accountholder in
the case of an institution doing business in the state, including account
statements and a copy of the signature card.
This bill would provide that a law enforcement agency may also
request, and a bank, credit union, or savings association must then
provide, surveillance photos of a person accessing the crime victim's
financial account via an A TM or from within the financial institution.
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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:
State-mandated local program: yes no.
}"es no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows..
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SECTION. 1. Section 7480 of the Government Code is
amended to read:
7480. Nothing in this chapter prohibits any of the following:
( a) The dissemination of any financial information that is not
identified with, or identifiable as being derived from, the
financial records of a particular customer.
(b) When any police or sheriff s department or district
attorney in this state certifies to a bank, credit union, or savings
association in writing that a crime report has been filed that
involves the alleged fraudulent use of drafts, checks, access
cards, or other orders drawn upon any bank, credit union, or
savings association in this state, the police or sheriffs
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1 department or district attorney may request a bank, credit union,
2 or savings association to furnish, and a bank, credit union, or
3 savings association shall furnish, a statement setting forth the
4 following information with respect to a customer account
5 specified by the police or sheriff's department or district attorney
6 for a period 30 days prior to, and up to 30 days following, the
7 date of occurrence of the alleged illegal act involving the
8 account:
9 (1) The number of items dishonored.
10 (2) The number of items paid that created overdrafts.
11 (3) The dollar volume of the dishonored items and items paid
12 which created overdrafts and a statement explaining any credit
13 arrangement between the bank, credit union, or savings
14 association and customer to pay overdrafts.
15 (4) The dates and amounts of deposits and debits and the
16 account balance on these dates.
1 7 (5) A copy of the signature card, including the signature and
18 any addresses appearing on a customer's signature card.
19 (6) The date the account opened and, if applicable, the date the
20 account closed.
21 (7) Surveillance photos of persons accessing the crime
22 victim's financial account via an automated teller machine
23 (A TM) or from within the financial institution.
24 (8) A bank, credit union, or savings association that provides
25 the requesting party with copies of one or more complete account
26 statements prepared in the regular course of business shall be
27 deemed to be in compliance with paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4).
28 (c) When any police or sheriff s department or district attorney
29 in this state ¡certifies to a bank, credit union, or savings
30 association in writing that a crime report has been filed that
31 involves the alleged fraudulent use of drafts, checks, access
32 cards, or other orders drawn upon any bank, credit union, or
33 savings association doing business in this state, the police or
34 sheriff s department or district attorney may request, with the
35 consent of theaccountholder, the bank, credit union, or savings
36 association to furnish, and the bank, credit union, or savings
37 association shall furnish, a statement setting forth the following
38 information with respect to a customer account specified by the
39 police or sheriffs department or district attorney for a period 30
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1 days prior to, and up to 30 days following, the date of occurrence
2 of the alleged illegal act involving the account:
3 (1) The numþer of items dishonored.
4 (2) The number of items paid that created overdrafts.
5 (3) The dollar volume of the dishonored items and items paid
6 which created pverdrafts and a statement explaining any credit
7 arrangement lietween the bank, credit union, or savings
8 association andj customer to pay overdrafts.
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9 ( 4) The dat~s and amounts of deposits and debits and the
10 account balanc~ on these dates.
11 (5) A copy qf the signature card, including the signature and
12 any addresses ~ppearing on a customer's signature card.
13 (6) The date ¡the account opened and, if applicable, the date the
14 account closed..
15 (7) Surveilla~ce photos of persons accessing the crime
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16 victim's finanqial account via an automated teller machine
1 7 (A TM) or from Iwithin the financial institution.
18 (8) A bank, 4redit union, or savings association doing business
19 in this state that provides the requesting party with copies of one
20 or more comP1ete account statements prepared in the regular
21 course of busi~ess shall be deemed to be in compliance with
22 paragraphs (1 ),1 (2), (3), and (4).
23 (d) For purtP.°ses of subdivision (c), consent of the
24 accountholder $hall be satisfied if an accountholder provides to
25 the financial ¡institution and the person or entity seeking
26 disclosure, a stgned and dated statement containing all of the
27 following: .
28 (1) Authoriz~tion of the disclosure for the period specified in
29 subdivision (c)j
30 (2) The namþ of the agency or department to which disclosure
31 is authorized a d, if applicable, the statutory purpose for which
32 the informatio is to be obtained.
33 (3) A descri tion of the financial records that are authorized to
34 be disclosed.
35 ( e) (1) The Attorney General, a supervisory agency, the
36 Franchise Tax Board, the State Board of Equalization, the
37 Employment evelopment Department, the Controller or an
38 inheritance tax eferee when administering the Prohibition of Gift
39 and Death Ta es (Part 8 (commencing with Section 13301) of
40 Division 2 of I the Revenue and Taxation Code), a police or
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1 sheriff's depa ment or district attorney, a county welfare
2 department w en investigating welfare fraud, a county
3 auditor-controler or director of finance when investigating fraud
4 against the co! ty, or the Department of Corporations when
5 conducting inv stigations in connection with the enforcement of
6 laws administe ed by the Commissioner of Corporations, from
7 requesting of office or branch of a financial institution, and
8 the office or br nch from responding to a request, as to whether a
9 person has an ccount or accounts at that office or branch and, if
10 so, any identi ing numbers of the account or accounts.
11 (2) No addi ional information beyond that specified in this
12 section shall b released to a county welfare department without
13 either the acc untholder's written consent or a judicial writ,
14 search warrant, subpoena, or other judicial order.
15 (3) A count auditor-controller or director of finance who
16 unlawfully dis loses information he or she is authorized to
I 7 request under t is subdivision is guilty of the unlawful disclosure
18 of confidential ata, a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable as
19 set forth in Sec ion 7485.
20 (f) The exa ination by, or disclosure to, any supervisory
21 agency of fina cial records that relate solely to the exercise of its
22 supervisory fu ction. The scope of an agency's supervisory
23 function shall e detemiined by reference to statutes that grant
24 authority to ex mine, audit, or require reports of financial records
25 or financial ins itutions as follows:
26 (1) With res ect to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions
27 by reference 0 Division 1 (commencing with Section 99),
28 Division 1.5 commencing with Section 4800), Division 2
29 (commencing ith Section 5000), Division 5 (commencing with
30 Section 14000 , Division 7 (commencing with Section 18000),
31 Division 15 (c mmencing with Section 31000), and Division 16
32 (commencing ith Section 33000) of the Financial Code.
33 (2) With res ect to the Controller by reference to Title 10
34 (commencing ith Section 1300) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil
35 Procedure.
36 (3) With re pect to the Administrator of Local Agency
37 Security by re erence to Article 2 (commencing with Section
38 53630) of Cha ter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the
39 Government C de.
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1 (g) The dis losure to the Franchise Tax Board of (1) the
2 amount of any ecurity interest that a financial institution has in a
3 specified asse of a customer or (2) financial records in
4 connection wi h the filing or audit of a tax return or tax
5 information re rn that are required to be filed by the financial
6 institution purs ant to Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001),
7 Part 11 (co encing with Section 23001), or Part 18
8 (commencing ith Section 38001) of the Revenue and Taxation
9 Code.
10 (h) The disc osure to the State Board of Equalization of any of
11 the following:
12 (1) The info ation required by Sections 6702, 6703, 8954,
13 8957,30313,3 315,32383,32387,38502,38503,40153,40155,
14 41122, 41123. , 43443, 43444.2, 44144, 45603, 45605, 46404,
15 46406, 50134, 50136, 55203, 55205, 60404, and 60407 of the
16 Revenue and T xation Code.
17 (2) The fina cial records in connection with the filing or audit
18 of a tax retu required to be filed by the financial institution
19 pursuant to P rt 1 (commencing with Section 6001), Part 2
20 (commencing ith Section 7301), Part 3 (commencing with
21 Section 8601), Part 13 (commencing with Section 30001), Part
22 14 (commenci g with Section 32001), and Part 17 (commencing
23 with Section 3 001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation
24 Code.
25 (3) The am nt of any security interest a financial institution
26 has in a specifi d asset of a customer, if the inquiry is directed to
27 the branch or 0 fice where the interest is held.
28 (i) The discI sure to the Controller of the information required
29 by Section 785 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
30 G) The di closure to the Employment Development
31 Department 0 the amount of any security interest a financial
32 institution has n a specified asset of a customer, if the inquiry is
33 directed to the ranch or office where the interest is held.
34 (k) The dis losure by a construction lender, as defined in
35 Section 3087 f the Civil Code, to the Registrar of Contractors,
36 of information concerning the making of progress payments to a
37 prime contract r requested by the registrar in connection with an
38 investigation nder Section 7108.5 of the Business and
39 Professions C de.
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1 (l) Upon rec ipt of a written request from a local child support
2 agency referrin to a support order pursuant to Section 17400 of
3 the Family C de, a financial institution shall disclose the
4 following info ation concerning the account or the person
5 named in the r quest, whom the local child support agency shall
6 identify, when er possible, by social security number:
7 (1) If the req est states the identifying number of an account at
8 a financial insti tion, the name of each owner of the account.
9 (2) Each ac ount maintained by the person at the branch to
10 which the requ st is delivered, and, if the branch is able to make
11 a computerized search, each account maintained by the person at
12 any other branc of the financial institution located in this state.
13 (3) For each account disclosed pursuant to paragraphs (1) and
14 (2), the accou t number, current balance, street address of the
15 branch where the account is maintained, and, to the extent
16 available throu h the branch's computerized search, the name
1 7 and address of ny other person listed as an owner.
18 ( 4) Whenev r the request prohibits the disclosure, a financial
19 institution shal not disclose either the request or its response, to
20 an owner of t e account or to any other person, except the
21 officers and e ployees of the financial institution who are
22 involved in res onding to the request and to attorneys, employees
23 of the local c ild support agencies, auditors, and regulatory
24 authorities wh have a need to know in order to perform their
25 duties, and exc pt as disclosure may be required by legal process.
26 (5) No finan ial institution, or any officer, employee, or agent
27 thereof, shall be liable to any person for (A) disclosing
28 information in esponse to a request pursuant to this subdivision,
29 (B) failing to n tify the owner of an account, or complying with
30 a request unde this paragraph not to disclose to the owner, the
31 request or dis losure under this subdivision, or (C) failing to
32 discover any a count owned by the person named in the request
33 pursuant to a c mputerized search of the records of the financial
34 institution.
35 (6) The loca child support agency may request information
36 pursuant to thi subdivision only when the local child support
37 agency has re eived at least one of the following types of
38 physical evide ce:
39 (A) Any oft e following, dated within the last three years:
40 (i) Form 599.
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1 (ii) Form 10 9.
2 (iii) A bank tatement.
3 (iv) A check
4 (v) A bank p ssbook.
5 (vi) A depos t slip.
6 (vii) A copy of a federal or state income tax return.
7 (viii) A debi or credit advice.
8 (ix) Corresp ndence that identifies the child support obligor
9 by name, the b nk, and the account number.
10 (x) Corresp dence that identifies the child support obligor by
11 name, the ba , and the banking services related to the account
12 of the obligor.
13 (xi) An asse identification report from a federal agency.
14 (B) A swo declaration of the custodial parent during the 12
15 months immed ately preceding the request that the person named
16 in the request as had or may have had an account at an office or
1 7 branch of the financial institution to which the request is made. .
18 (7) Informat on obtained by a local child support agency
19 pursuant to thi subdivision shall be used only for purposes that
20 are directly co ected with the administration of the duties of the
21 local child su port agency pursuant to Section 17400 of the
22 Family Code.
23 (m) (1) As rovided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of
24 Section 666 of itle 42 of the United States Code, upon receipt of
25 an administrat ve subpoena on the current federally approved
26 interstate chil support enforcement form, as approved by the
27 federal Office f Management and Budget, a financial institution
28 shall provide he information or documents requested by the
29 administrative ubpoena.
30 (2) The ad inistrative subpoena shall refer to the current
31 federal Office f Management and Budget control number and be
32 signed by a p rson who states that he or she is an authorized
33 agent of a stat or county agency responsible for implementing
34 the child sup Ort enforcement program set forth in Part D
35 (commencing ith Section 651) of Subchapter IV of Chapter 7
36 of Title 42 oft e United States Code. A financial institution may
37 rely on the sta ements made in the subpoena and has no duty to
38 inquire into th truth of any statement in the subpoena.
39 (3) If the pe son who signs the administrative subpoena directs
40 a financial in titution in writing not to disclose either the
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1 subpoena or its response to any owner of an account covered by
2 the subpoena, the financial institution shall not disclose the
3 subpoena or its response to the owner.
4 (4) No finan ial institution, or any officer, employee, or agent
5 thereof, shall be liable to any person for (A) disclosing
6 information or providing documents in response to a subpoena
7 pursuant to this subdivision, (B) failing to notify any owner of an
8 account covere by the subpoena or complying with a request not
9 to disclose to e owner, the subpoena or disclosure under this
10 subdivision, or (C) failing to discover any account owned by the
11 person named i the subpoena pursuant to a computerized search
12 of the records f the financial institution.
13 (n) The diss mination of financial information and records
14 pursuant to an of the following:
15 (1) Complia ce by a financial institution with the requirements
16 of Section 289 of the Probate Code.
1 7 (2) Complia ce by a financial institution with the requirements
18 of Section 289 of the Probate Code.
19 (3) An orde by a judge upon a written ex parte application by
20 a peace officer showing specific and articulable facts that there
21 are reasonable rounds to believe that the records or information
22 sought are rele ant and material to an ongoing investigation of a
23 felony violatio of Section 186.10 or of any felony subject to the
24 enhancement s t forth in Section 186.11.
25 (A) The ex arte application shall specify with particularity
26 the records to be produced, which shall be only those of the
27 individual or .ndividuals who are the subject of the criminal
28 investigation.
29 (B) The ex arte application and any subsequent judicial order
30 shall be open 0 the public as a judicial record unless ordered
31 sealed by the curt, for a period of 60 days. The sealing of these
32 records may b extended for 60-day periods upon a showing to
33 the court tha it is necessary for the continuance of the
34 investigation. ixty-day extensions may continue for up to one
35 year or until te ination of the investigation of the individual or
36 individuals, w ichever is sooner.
37 (C) The rec rds ordered to be produced shall be returned to
38 the peace offi er applicant or his or her designee within a
39 reasonable ti e period after service of the order upon the
40 financial insti tion.
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1 (D) Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude the financial
2 institution fro notifying a customer of the receipt of the order
3 for production of records unless a court orders the financial
4 institution to w thhold notification to the customer upon a finding
5 that the notice ould impede the investigation.
6 (E) Where court has made an order pursuant to this
7 paragraph to ithhold notification to the customer under this
8 paragraph, the peace officer or law enforcement agency who
9 obtained the fi ancial information shall notify the customer by
10 delivering a co y of the ex parte order to the customer within 10
11 days of the te ination of the investigation.
12 (4) No finan ial institution, or any officer, employee, or agent
13 thereof, shall b liable to any person for any of the following:
14 (A) Disclosi g information to a probate court pursuant to
15 Sections 2892 nd 2893.
16 (B) Disclosi g information in response to a court order
17 pursuant to par graph (3).
18 (C) Comply. g with a court order under this subdivision not to
19 disclose to th customer, the order, or the dissemination of
20 information pu suant to the court order.
21 (0) Disclosu e by a financial institution to a peace officer, as
22 defined in Se tion 830.1 of the Penal Code, pursuant to the
23 following:
24 (1) Paragrap (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1748.95 of the
25 Civil Code, p ovided that the financial institution has first
26 complied with the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision
27 (a) and subdivi ion (b) of Section 1748.95 of the Civil Code.
28 (2) Paragrap (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 4002 of the
29 Financial Cod, provided that the financial institution has first
30 complied with the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision
31 (a) and subdivi ion (b) of Section 4002 of the Financial Code.
32 (3) Paragrap (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 22470 of the
33 Financial Cod, provided that any financial institution that is a
34 finance lender has first complied with the requirements of
35 paragraph (2) f subdivision (a) and subdivision (b) of Section
36 22470 of the F.nancial Code.
37 (p) When t e governing board of the Public Employees'
38 Retirement Sy tem or the State Teachers' Retirement System
39 certifies in w iting to a financial institution that a benefit
40 recipient has ied and that transfers to the benefit recipient's
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1 account at the financial institution from the retirement system
2 occurred after he benefit recipient's date of death, the financial
3 institution sha 1 furnish the retirement system the name and
4 address of any coowner, cosigner, or any other person who had
5 access to the nds in the account following the date of the
6 benefit recipie t's death, or if the account has been closed, the
7 name and addr ss of the person who closed the account.
8 (q) When t e retirement board of a retirement system
9 established un er the County Employees Retirement Law of
10 1937 certifies n writing to a financial institution that a retired
11 member or the eneficiary of a retired member has died and that
12 transfers to the account of the retired ~ember or beneficiary of a
13 retired membe at the financial institution from the retirement
14 system occurre after the date of death of the retired member or
15 beneficiary of a retired member, the financial institution shall
16 furnish the re irement system the name and address of any
17 coowner, cosi er, or any other person who had access to the
18 funds in the a count following the date of death of the retired
19 member or be eficiary of a retired member, or if the account has
20 been closed, t name and address of the person who closed the
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Office of the Mayor
City of Tustin
300 Centennial Way
Tustin, California 92780
714.573.3010
FAX 714.832-0825
February 2 ,2006
Honorable ssemblyman Dave Cogdill
State Capit 1 Building Rm. 4117
Sacramento CA 95814
RE:
SUP aRT AB618
Dear Hono able Assemblyman Dogdill:
At its me ting of Tuesday, February 21, 2006, the Tustin City Council
unanimous y agreed to support AB 618, a bill relating to Identity Theft.
This legisla ion will combat financial fraud and identity theft by adding photos
of a suspec captured by ATM and bank cameras to the list of information that
law enforce ent officials can request when investigating such crimes. This bill is
a tool that i greatly needed in the fight against the growing and costly spread of
ID Theft th oughout the state. I urge you to join me in supporting AB 618.
Enclosed is a Minutes Excerpt of the item for your files and information. If you
need additi nal information, please contact me at (714) 573-3010.
Sincerely,
Doug Dave t,
Mayor
FROM THE OFFICE OF
ASSEMBLYMAN DAVE COGDILL
FOR IMMEDIA T RELEASE
J an uary 17, 2006
CO NT A CT: JENNIFER TEEL
(916) 319-2025
Cogdill I Theft Bill Approved by Assembly; Heads to Senate
AB 18 will fight bankfraud and ID theft by providing ATM photos of suspects
(Sacramen 0) Legislation by Assemblyman Cogdill (R-Modesto) to help combat financial fraud
and identity theft as unanimously approved by the State Assembly today and now moves to the Senate
for consideration. ssembly Bill 618 will add ATM photos of a suspect to the list of information that law
enforcement offici Is can request when investigating an identity theft or fraud crime.
"Califomi is unfortunately a haven for ill theft criminals," said Cogdill following the vote. "We
currently rank thir out of all states in the number of identity theft crimes. Modesto alone saw 2,310 cases
of ill theft investi ated last year alone. Unfortunately the trend is taking a deadly turn for the worse and
we're now seeing ethamphetamine addicts and dealers capitalize on ill theft crimes, using the profits to
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fund-their deadly abit. We've got to get ahead of the curve and provide law enforcement with the
resources to fight his insidious crime."
AB 618 wi 1 add surveillance photos taken at an A TM to the list of information that law
enforcement can r quest of a bank during an investigation of an ill theft crime. Current law provides law
enforcement officials with certain information already, including access to the bank records of a
customer's accou t covering the 30 days before and after the occurrence of a crime. While banks may opt
to provide law enf rcement with the photos, they are not required to so by law. Without photographic
evidence, many c ses go unsolved.
STATE CAPITOL ROOM #4117
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
(916) 319-2025 . FAX: (916) 319-2125
"Basically, we're tired of having to tell victims of this awful crime that we're sidelining their case
because we don't ave a photo of the suspect," commented Sergeant Scott Blom of the Modesto Police
Department, Inves igation Division, who is in support of the measure. "The photo is often the missing
piece to the puzzl that would allow us to go after these criminals."
Sergeant Blom, who attended the Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing last week in support
of Cogdill's legisl tion, provided examples of ill theft cases that had gone unsolved because of the lack 0
in question. With ut a photo, the victim and law enforcement officers could not identify the suspect. In
A TM photo evide ceo According to a letter of support, Blom identified a Modesto case in May of 2005
that was suspende after the detective was unable to obtain the ATM surveillance photo of the transaction
contrast, Sergeant Blom also outlined a case where surveillance photos were used to positively identify
and arrest a habit al offender who was attempting to open a checking account with a stolen identity.
"It's estim ted that ill theft crimes cost consumers over $547 million in 2004 alone," commented
Cogdill. "Califom. ans deserve to have all options on the table when it comes to protecting their identity.
AB 618 will give aw enforcement the tools they need to combat the recent wave of ill theft crimes."
AB 618 w s approved by the Assembly on a vote of 68-0. The bill now moves to the Senate for
consideration. Fo more information, or for bill text, please visit www .leginfo.ca.gov.
Assemblyman Co dill proudly represents part or all of the counties of Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa,
Mono, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne.
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STATE CAPITOL ROOM #4117
SACRAMENTO, CA 95814
(916) 319-2025 . FAX: (916) 319-2125