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Disabled veteran urges Pinellas County to extend video retention, create fraud task force and boost Clerk outreach
Summary
During public comments at the Oct. 7 Pinellas County commission meeting, Scott Jelson, a disabled veteran and homeowner, urged commissioners to extend county video retention periods, convene a cross‑agency fraud prevention task force and press the Clerk’s Office to better market its fraud alert system.
Scott Jelson, a disabled veteran and homeowner, used the citizens-to-be-heard portion of the Oct. 7 Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners meeting to urge the county to take three actions he said would reduce construction‑related fraud and help victims recover.
Jelson asked the commission to extend local government video‑surveillance retention beyond the current 90 days to at least 120, and potentially 180, days. "Right now, after 90 days, vulnerable video evidence is deleted even when it could hold key information for an ongoing investigation," he said, and described a hypothetical scenario in which footage…
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