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Re: Cable Theft - help required
Right - my role in the insurance industry means that I've been busy digging up more info about this ...and, although naturally cynical, I actually think it's quite encouraging.
It seems that the police, utilities, EIG (church insurer) and smart water have teamed up with the recyclers (Sita, EMR and Booths) to close down the commercial outlets for stolen cable/metal. The problem they've had in the past is finding a surefire way of identifying stolen cable/metal but up stepped SmartWater. They have developed a solution that will withstand the smelting process (its been tested, I'm assured).
Now they can identify stolen cable/metal, the police are now motivated to hit the dodgy scrap metal dealers (160+ in the last 6 months) and the recyclers are refusing to buy anything marked with smart water.
So, it seems to be coordinated, joined up thinking - it's a case of 'watch this space but early results look promising - so fingers crossed!
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