National News
Break-ins Prompt City to Allow Electric Fence
HAMPTON – Break-ins at a Hampton salvage yard have prompted the city to change its rules and allow the installation of electric fences in some areas.Read More… [via Daily Press]
Car Dealer 'Plugs in' to Stop Thieves
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Albany car lot owners have struggled to keep their inventory safe, now one lot has resorted to an electric fence to protect their property from thieves. Read More… [via WALB News]
Security Questions Turn North Jersey Warehouses Into Tempting Targets
Sitting in New Jersey's vast warehouses are millions of dollars worth of products prized by thieves — electronics, prescription drugs and jewelry. Read More… [via NorthJersey.com]
North Carolina Climber Arrested for Copper Thefts
Copper thefts from tower sites is an ongoing national problem. A recent string of copper thefts in Cabell County, W.V. saw ten communications towers vandalized since Dec. 28.
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Metal Thievery Evolves, in Scale and in Technique
Pierce, CO — Metal crime is being nudged into the 21st century by technology, high commodity prices and bad economic times, law enforcement officials and insurance experts say.
Read More… [via NY Times]
In Lean Times, Police Cuts Spark Debate Over Safety
Tulsa, OK — It has become a recession mantra: Do more with less. Now, this heartland city is
testing whether that's possible when it comes to public safety.
Read More… [via Wall Street Journal]
Roofing Shingle Thefts on the Rise
TX — Since January 2009 more than 6 million dollars of roofing shingles has been stolen from Lumber and Building
Materials Retailers in Texas alone, though this problem has affected virtually every state in the nation.
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Council OKs Permit for Towing Firm to Build Electric Fence
Las Vegas, NV(03/23/2010) — Residential neighborhoods and commercial enterprises mix much like oil and water.
Read More… [via Northern/Aliante View]
Thefts Plague Drug Makers
(03/24/2010) — Criminal gangs that used to steal laptops and fragrances are increasingly targeting high-value painkillers, drugs for erectile dysfunction, antidepressants and other medications, law-enforcement officials say.
Read More… [via Wall Street Journal]
Tire Shop Who Lost $98,000 in Inventory, Gets OK on Electric Fence
Tampa, FL (03/17/2010) — The owner of a tire shop on Nebraska Avenue may keep his 10-foot-high electrified fence, a city variance panel has ruled.
Read More… [via Tampa Bay Online]
Three Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $600,000 in Rental Equipment
Panama City Beach, Fl. (02/18/2010) — It was learned unknown persons had cut a section of
the fence and removed several items of rental equipment to include welders, generators, concrete
equipment, pumps and a utility trailer. Items taken were in excess of $60,000[sic].
Read More… [via WMBB News 13]
Ri$k Happens: Stolen Equipment
Kansas City, MO (01/10/2010) — A rental store rented a backhoe to a local contractor who had a job to complete at an industrial complex. Two days after the equipment was rented out, the rental store received a phone call from the contractor, who said the backhoe had been stolen overnight from the parking lot of the job site.
Read More… [via Rental Pulse]
Thieves Target Texas Rental Operators, National Chains
Texas (01/10/2010) — Thieves have burglarized several rental facilities in Texas since late December and as recently as Jan. 6, according to American Rental Association (ARA) and National Equipment Register (NER) members.
Read More… [via Rental Pulse]
Stickups and Burglaries Are on the Rise—at Work
(11/17/2009) — Around 6 p.m. on Oct. 27, two men entered a Houston business establishment and robbed the place while
holding a pregnant employee at gunpoint. The robbers made off with an estimated $500, plus $50 and a
cellphone from Karina Monita, the expectant mother.
Read More… [via Wall Street Journal]
Tired of Thefts, Dealer Gets Electric Fence
Tampa, FL (10/16/09) — The electric fence was installed to protect inventory from thieves.
Read More… [viaTire Review]
Fed judges' Order California to Devise Plan to Slash Prison Population
Sacrament, CA (03/10/09) — California opening prison doors?
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'Virtual fence' gets second chance on border
Washington D.C. (03/10/09) — Sensor fences fail the test.
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Columbia: Violence Down, Property Crime Up
Columbia, S.C. (02/27/09) — Violent crime in Columbia dipped to its lowest level in 14 years in 2008, but property crime was up 14 percent compared to the previous year, partly because of the economy.
Read More… [via The State]
Rising Crime Could Be the Recession's Next Effect
Experts say that the next piece of collateral damage from the recession could be a spike in crime,
as rising unemployment and widespread law-enforcement budget cuts begin to take their toll.
Read More… [via McClatchy]
Police Report Crime Spikes Related to Economy
Increases in robbery, burglary and theft coupled with decreases in funding for crime fighting have police chiefs
from across the nation singing the blues.
Read More… [via USA Today]
Houston, TX Approves Electric Fences
The concerns. The answers.
- (01/23/2008) - Alternate Current
- (01/23/2008) - Mayor: Good Electric Fences Make for Good Neighbors
- (01/30/2008) - On the Fence on Electric Fences
Burglaries Plague Local Business
Manatee, FL (11/28/08) — Authorities: Economy may be responsible for recent crime spike
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California Cities Cut Police Budgets
Vallejo, CA (10/31/08) — Housing Downturn, Weak Economy Sap Revenues, Forcing Public-Safety Reductions
Read More… [via WallStreet Journal]
Police Agencies Fear More Crime in Financial Crisis
(10/17/2008) — Financial markets decline force police agencies to make deep cuts.
Read more… [via USA Today]
Thieves Target Catalytic Converters
SALISBURY, N.C. (06/10/2008) — When the price of metal goes up, catalytic converters go missing.
Read more… [via News 14]
Alternate Current
HOUSTON, TX (01/23/2008) — Jack DeMao, CEO of Sentry Security Systems, provider of Electric Guard Dog, put to rest
electrician's concerns about electric fences.
Read more… [via Chron]
