SmartWater - Churches and Heritage

Smartwater - Delivering Forensic Crime Reduction Strategies

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Churches and Heritage Buildings

Why use SmartWater?

Some 25,000 churches and other heritage buildings are currently using SmartWater to protect lead and other metals from thieves.

Unlike DNA-based property markers, which fade in sunlight, SmartWater is made of robust metal-based inert chemicals. The forensic code within SmartWater can withstand direct, long-term exposure to sunlight, UV and bleaching, making it the perfect tool for outdoor use.

SmartWater is partnering with the scrap metal dealers and recyclers, who are equipping themselves with UV lights to scan for traces of SmartWater. SmartWater personnel are also attending Police-led ‘stop and search’ raids at scrap yards to proactively search for SmartWater marked metals. This activity is having a major impact on criminals by making it increasingly difficult for them to sell on stolen goods and heightening their fear of arrest. So when thieves see the SmartWater deterrent signage outside your Church, they will stay away.

For more information, and to order a SmartWater Forensic Coding System for your Church please contact SmartWater’s Customer Services Department on 0800 521 669

Deterrent Signs

When you receive your SmartWater system it is imperative that you display the accompanying warning signage in prominent, highly visible places. By doing so you are advertising the presence of SmartWater to any would-be thieves, which will act as a powerful deterrent.

Registration

Please remember that all SmartWater systems must be registered to the ‘risk address’. These details are used to directly link each SmartWater forensic system with its corresponding Church, which is a key component in our evidential chain. If your Church is not registered then it will not be possible to trace any recovered items that carry your unique SmartWater forensic signature.

If your Church has received and applied SmartWater but you have not yet returned your registration form, please do so immediately. If you need any assistance completing the form, please contact SmartWater’s Customer Services Department on 0800 521 669.

Useful Downloads

If you need further information and advice on how to correctly apply SmartWater to lead roofing, please click here to download SmartWater’s metal marking application guidelines in PDF format.

Ecclesiastical has prepared a Church Security Guidance Notes booklet, which offers additional security information to help you protect your church from thieves.

Click here to download in PDF format.

The Churches Purchasing Scheme (CPS)

Ecclesiastical policyholders are able to order SmartWater products at a discounted rate through The Churches Purchasing Scheme. Just quote your policy number when placing an order.

Tel: 0845 458 4584 www.cpsonline.co.uk

Maintenance and Applications

SmartWater has partnered with a range of gutter clearing and roof maintenance companies, who offer the application of SmartWater to lead roofing as an additional service. The following organisations are fully trained in the application of SmartWater.

National Coverage:

NDC Consultants Ltd

Tel: 01905 756 000

Web: www.ndcconsultants.co.uk

OCS (One Complete Solution)

Tel: 020 7720 7711

Web: www.ocs.co.uk

Regional Coverage:

C.E.L. Peterborough

Tel: 01733 206 633

Email: info@celroofing.co.uk

Web: www.celroofing.co.uk