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Crime Reduction through Forensic Coding
The impact of SmartWater as a criminal deterrent is becoming increasingly apparent every day. Police forces across the nation are using and supporting The SmartWater Strategy, and most importantly criminals are taking notice – living with the fear of being caught and convicted of crimes long after they have taken place.
The following stories highlight the success of The SmartWater Strategy when deployed by regional police as part of their crime reduction initiatives. Each success story gives information detailing the specifics of the crime reduction strategy as well as their objectives, and examples of the press coverage that each initiative achieved.
SmartWater helps The Flying Squad to convict cash in transit robber
G4S Cash Services (UK), the leading provider of cash solutions, first partnered with SmartWater to develop a new product to protect its cash delivery couriers in October 2007.
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Date: 18/07/2008
Source: Unknown
The group of armed robbers were caught because they got too cocky
From May 2005 to May 2007 a gang of armed robbers committed nine robberies on high class jewellery shops in Birmingham, Chester, Cheltenham, Harrogate and St Albans as well as Jeremy France Jewellers in Winchester.
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Date: 01/05/2008
Source: Southern Daily Echo
The number of quad bikes stolen has been reduced by more than a third
Prior to the introduction of SmartWater just 200 farmers across Cumbria were actively involved in neighbourhood watch schemes, which had seen the number of quad bike thefts spiral by 184 per cent since 2001.
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Date: 21/03/2008
Source: Westmorland Gazette
Coventry is one of the first Primary Care Trusts to use SmartWater
Coventry Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) became on of the first Primary Care Trusts in the UK to deploy The SmartWater StrategyTM in Febuary 2008.
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Date: 24/02/2008
Source: Unknown
Five months after roll out, there have only been three dwelling burglaries
SmartWater was launched amidst a wave of press activity in August 2007, attracting local newspapers, radio and regional TV coverage.
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Date: 12/01/2008
Source: The Basingstoke Gazette
Almost all Church of England churches will be protected by SmartWater
In 2007 Ecclesiastical Insurance Group received almost 1,700 claims at a cost of £5.25m for the theft of mainly lead from church roofs, as well as other items from within churches.
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Date: 13/11/2007
Source: Black Country Mail
Twelve month since inception, a 77% reduction has been achieved
Norton Canes Primary School became the first school to introduce SmartWater in Cannock in June 2005.
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Date: 08/11/2007
Source: Unknown
Burglaries on SmartWatered premises have fallen 58%
Launched in July 2006, SmartWater forensic property coding systems were installed in over 300 Gloucestershire schools as part of a co-ordinated effort to reduce the number of insurance claims relating to thefts from schools.
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Date: 16/10/2007
Source: Gloucestershire Echo
'Our goal is to achieve ‘100% SmartWater'
In June 2006, The Safer Doncaster Partnership launched the country’s largest ever SmartWater initiative with a commitment to deliver SmartWater to over 20,000 homes across Doncaster by March 2008.
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Date: 30/05/2007
Source: Mayor of Doncaster
'Bait cars in the North East Leeds division have resulted in 10 arrests'
Following the success of the Doncaster trap car operation, West Yorkshire police unveiled plans to use similar trap car technology to protect areas of Leeds in December 2006.
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Date: 09/03/2007
Source: Yorkshire Evening Post