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LAPD - West Los Angeles Area
Tuesday April 6th, 2010 :: 03:55 p.m. PDT

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Watch for census takers asking for social security numbers. See email for details and sample questions.

All of you should be approached at one time or another by census takers who work temporarily for the Federal Government. They have no uniform, but they are provided with an ID.

The questions they should be asking are:
1) Complete name
2) Date of Birth
3) Sex
4)Descent
5) relationship to others in household
6) Type of Dwelling
7) How many people in household
8) Phone Number

No one should be asking for your social security number, your bank account information, or ID numbers.

If you are not comfortable answering any of the questions, then don't. Do not feel threatened or intimidated. If a census worker threatens to have you criminally charged for not answering a question, then contact the police.

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LAPD - West Los Angeles Area
1663 Butler Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

David Podesta
West Los Angeles
[email protected]
310-444-0743

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