[SBE] Copper Theft

[Larry Bloomfield]

What Rolin says works. Our SBE chapter (76) in Eugene invited our local 
law enforcement folks and the companies that would possibly buy copper 
to one of our meetings and had a very good exchange of information. As a 
result, they set up a similar situation of digital pixs and notification 
to law enforcement etc when anyone tries to sell them copper. Copper 
theft in our area has greatly been reduced and when it does happen, the 
perpetrators are usually nailed.

 

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Rolin Lintag wrote:

> I have not seen it mentioned here yet but just to pitch in the idea that salvage companies should be part of the solution. Here in our place, we have contacted all the salvage companies we can think of who will buy scrap copper and metals for that matter. The local police is notified whenever there is someone selling copper (DIGITAL PICTURES ARE TAKEN). These salvage companies also know how a coaxial cable looks lke so they know that only telecoms/broadcast entities should sell them.

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> Thieves will have to go out of state to sell their booty.

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> Another thing that thieves fear is being identified and caught (on tape or disk) on the act. Security cameras should help and warnings that these are in use in the facility should be posted (if the thieves know how to read in the first place).

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