Clerk driver license reinstatement and traffic ticket scam
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The county’s agenda for Board of County Commissioners, Mar 23, 2021
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do have um two short updates. Um earlier this month we held our driver's license reinstatement event. Um that is where individuals that um have a suspended driver's license due to um delinquent fines or fees for court cases such as traffic infractions, criminal traffic, misdemeanor. And felony cases, that they can renew their license and we try to help them
get to get to be able to do that. We call the event our Operation Green Light to help them get back on the road. And it was held earlier this month. We held it on Wednesday, March 3rd through Saturday, March 6th. I think it was a very successful event. Total revenue that we were able to collect during the event was over 72,500. That money is dispersed to 72 different entities. The county does get a portion of that, and the
county will be receiving 12,400 about a little bit over that from that one event. to help individuals get back on their feet. We waived over $9,600. Um we had a total of uh 216 cases paid in full, which is great for our judicial system, and also twenty-two cases went onto a payment plan. We had 120 cases that were pulled from collections and from the event at the event
um we were able to reinstate ten driver's licenses and then we were able to issue um licenses that are eligible for reinstatement they'd have to go to um Mr. Fazano's office to finalize that, but that was 288 of those licenses are now eligible for reinstatement. So we have like 300 new drivers back on the road, which is a great event for us and our community. The other item that I wanted
to mention is more of a public service announcement. It is a new traffic ticket scam, and I wanted to make sure the public was aware of this scam. Attackers are emailing individuals, and in the email, they're claiming that they have proof of a traffic violation, and it looks official. So the individual would open up the email and it says to see proof of the violation, click on this image. You click on the image. And they download a tick boot in
the background, which will then take all of your sensitive information, your passwords, where you uh go to enter information, so even through your banking system. Um it's a very um vicious uh scam. Um the FBI has put out an advisory about it as well. I just want the public to know our office does not send out emails related to traffic infractions. So if you receive one of those, delete it immediately. Do not c open it at all. It is a scam.
Say a lot of scams like that.
Yeah.
Okay. Um is that all you have?
That's it. Thank you, sir.
All right. Um I don't have anything except for I have
one more. You what?