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Using Thermal to Deter Construction Equipment Theft - Security Magazine

Using Thermal to Deter Construction Equipment Theft

John Distelzweig, General Manager and Vice President of Security, FLIR Systems - Security Magazine
John Distelzweig
July 9, 2018
These losses can be significantly reduced, or stopped altogether, with appropriate use of surveillance technologies like thermal cameras, as shown below.
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Copper Theft Rates and Costs Continue to Rise

Copper fetches nearly three dollars a pound at scrapyards these days, and the demand does not appear to be abating at all.
May 1, 2014

Common recommendations for deterring copper theft include painting copper black to disguise it as plastic tubing, fencing areas with copper, or investing in alarm systems, surveillance cameras or security officers.


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4 States Building United Front Against Copper Theft

April 18, 2014

Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana legislators are working to crack down on copper thieves, devising similar legislation so someone will not be able to steal copper from one state and try to sell it in another.


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Indiana Gaining Traction Against Highway Copper Thefts

March 24, 2014

Copper wire thefts from highway street lights have decreased over the past few months following a December plea for help, an Indiana Department of Transportation official said Thursday. Crews are crediting counter-theft measures put in place with the Indiana State Police.


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Crooked Utility Workers Plotted with Copper Thieves

December 3, 2013

Disguised as authentic utility workers, a band of copper thieves dug up and stole nearly £280,000-worth of redundant cabling from locations all around London, many of which were leaked through at least one crooked BT employee.


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New Jersey Copper Theft Bill Vetoed

September 17, 2013

Efforts to crack down on copper theft suffered a setback in New Jersey with the surprise veto of a bill that would have required scrap dealers to keep records of their purchases.


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Law Enforcement Shifts to Buyers In Metal Thefts

$4.1 M Fine Plus New Scrap Yard Mandates
August 7, 2013

Sims Metal Management, with locations throughout much of the U.S., will pay $4.1 million to settle a lawsuit after San Francisco and Contra Costa County accused the company of purchasing stolen metal.


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Stolen Arizona Copper Disguised, Sold on Black Market

May 2, 2013

18 people have been indicted in the scheme, which involved stealing raw copper from an Arizona mine, disguising it as scrap metal and then selling it to China via the black market. 


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Energy Company Says Its Customer Will Pay

Huge Copper Theft Ring Is Broken Up

18 Arrested in Connection with Arizona Copper Theft Ring
May 2, 2013

In Arizona, law enforcement just broke up a copper theft ring that stole $10 million in the metal. In Kansas, an energy firm hit by thefts said it will make ratepayers cover the losses.


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Tenn. Illegal Scrap Metal Ordinance Ineffective

April 26, 2012

There hasn't been a single prosecution in Memphis for selling or buying prohibited scrap metal since 2009. 


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