DAY 54: Chiltern and South Bucks teams continue crime prevention quest!

Here is the day in pictures...

PCSO Matt Sansom putting up Country Watch signs at Haywill Farm, Bellingdon

PCSO Matt Sansom horse whispering!

CRE (Crime Reduction Enterprise) products are used to deter thieves and prevent property from being stolen using the overt property marking technique.

The CRE-Mark silver marker is used to write your postcode and house number of first two letters of your house name in a clear and obvious place on your property. The marker is permanent, visible to would be thieves and if your property does happen to get stolen, the items are easily traceable back to the rightful owners.

You can also register property on the nation database Immobilise. This is a national database used by police forces in the UK when stolen property is found to try and locate the rightful owner. If your property is registered on the site and happens to get stolen, there is more chance of having the property returned to you if it is either security marked or registered!

Other ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) approved suppliers of forensic property marking equipment are:

Smartwater

Redweb

SelectaMark (supplier of SelectaDNA)

Crime prevention advice for securing your tools:

• Lock tools away in secure building or part of building when not in use
• Invest in a secure storage tool box
• Consider protecting the building where tools are kept with an alarm
• Tools should be uniquely marked, photographed and recorded, include your postcode and property name or number.
• Consider ‘Post coding’ and marking tools and equipment using the premises postcode and house number or first three letters of the property name
• Use property marking to uniquely mark tools. Popular options include overt visible permanent marking (painting or CRE-mark), or UV marking and DNA products.

PC Adam Thomas CRE-marking tools