It irks me that I can't file a "long term" (7 year) fraud alert unless I can prove with a police report that my identity has already been stolen. It's like givi

It irks me that I can't file a "long term" (7 year) fraud alert unless I can prove with a police report that my identity has already been stolen. It's like giving people a flu shot only if they can prove with a doctors note that they currently have the flu. Hello! We're trying to prevent fraud here! This whole industry needs to be turned upside down.