Free Document Shredding

Law enforcement strongly encourages residents and businesses to cross-shred paperwork containing personal and sensitive information to reduce the risk of identity theft.

The Tigard Police Department in partnership with Pride Recycling is offering a free shred event, which allows residents to securely dispose of paper documents containing personal information. We are tentatively planning to host a Shred event in September 2021. Details will be forthcoming.

Identity Theft Prevention Tips:

Read your bank and credit card statements carefully and often. Immediately look into suspicious charges on your accounts.
Cross-shred any documents containing sensitive information.
Use long, hard-to-guess passphrases for your accounts that include numbers and special characters. Do not recycle passwords or use the same passphrase on multiple accounts.
Check your free credit reports annually to ensure that no one has taken out a loan in your name. Find out more here.
Freeze your credit reports OR use a credit monitoring service.
Do not provide personal information in response to unsolicited phone calls, emails, social media DMs or text messages.
Install the latest software updates on your electronic devices.
Use a VPN.

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