Friday (13/12) saw the Banbury Rural team head out to a wood yard near Hook Norton and a farm in Clifton who have both been victims of crime within the last 12 months.
As well as offering some general crime prevention advice the
officers, armed with a CRE-Mark pen, were able to security mark some valuable
tools and equipment to improve security around the premises.
CRE (Crime Reduction
Enterprise) products are used to deter thieves and prevent property from
being stolen using the overt property marking technique.
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| Using CRE-Mark silver marker pens to security code valuable tools and equipment |
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.
Officers who are visiting farms over the next few weeks are
also offering to go through a farm security assessment. The security assessment
is for farm owners, managers, employees and land owners to help them improve
the security of their premises.
The security assessment has been put together by Thames
Valley Police’s crime prevention and reduction advisors and contains advice on
low cost security solutions in a common sense approach.
In the assessment you will find crime prevention advice
about:
- Controlling access to farms
- Tools
- Metal theft
- Agricultural machinery protection
- Field security
- Livestock
- Wildlife crime
- Out buildings
- Home security
You can now view and download the farm security assessment
from the Thames
Valley Police website
