Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said his department is receiving calls about census representatives knocking on doors in Eunice.
“The Eunice Police Department has confirmed that the U.S. Census Bureau is conducting surveys in Louisiana which are not part of the actual 2020 Census which will take place at later time. Personal banking, income and financial questions may be asked in this survey,” he said.
Fontenot said if someone calls you or comes to your door purporting to be a Census worker, there are ways you can verify their validity their identify.
Here are some recognition tips to assure the validity of the field representative.
— Must present an ID Badge which contains: photograph of field representative, Department of Commerce watermark and expiration date.
— Will provide you supervisor contact information and/or the regional office phone number for verification, if asked.
— Will provide you with a letter from the Director of the Census Bureau on U.S. Census Bureau letterhead.
— May be carrying a laptop and/or bag with a Census Bureau Logo
— To verify that a visitor to your household is legitimate, you can confirm that he or she is a Census Bureau employee by entering his/her name into the Census Bureau Staff Search or by contacting the Regional Office.
All of this information can be viewed on the U.S. Census Bureau’s website at census.gov. Louisiana is in the Atlanta Region. The Regional Office can be contacted at: 404-730-3832 or 1-800-424-6974; email at Atlanta.regional.office@census.gov.
