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Crime Reduction through Forensic Coding
The impact of SmartWater as a criminal deterrent is becoming increasingly apparent every day. Police forces across the nation are using and supporting The SmartWater Strategy, and most importantly criminals are taking notice – living with the fear of being caught and convicted of crimes long after they have taken place.
The following stories highlight the success of The SmartWater Strategy when deployed by regional police as part of their crime reduction initiatives. Each success story gives information detailing the specifics of the crime reduction strategy as well as their objectives, and examples of the press coverage that each initiative achieved.
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93% Reduction in Swale
Sheerness residents have been given SmartWater to help fight crime in the area, as latest figures report a huge reduction in crime.
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Date: 21/04/2010
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SmartWater trap for cash thief
A parking meter repair man has admitted to stealing more than £70,000 from pay and display machines as he worked on them.
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Date: 24/03/2010
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Teens Caught With Marked Property
The importance of a new SmartWater property marking initiative in Lowestoft was highlighted this week after two 15-year-old boys were arrested in connection with a house burglary.
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Date: 05/03/2010
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City-Wide Crime Drop in Nottingham
Bookmarks on social sites suggest Nottingham is on track to hit an impressive target of reducing crime by 50% by this summer.
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Date: 05/03/2010
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SmartWater boost for Wellingborough
Police figures show only one theft on two of Wellingborough’s industrial estates in a year since introducing a property-marking product. SmartWater was rolled out across 95 per cent of the businesses on the town’s Park Farm and Finedon Road Industrial Estates in December 2008 and crime has since dropped dramatically.
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Date: 01/03/2010
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SmartWater Evidence Presented in Trial
A court has heard that SmartWater Security dye was found on the clothes of four men after a £95,000 jewellery shop raid.
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Date: 26/02/2010
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G4S Announces Nationwide Deployment of SmartWater
G4S Cash Services (UK) has announced that its deployment of SmartWater has now been extended to include all cash-in-transit (CIT) and ATM deliveries throughout the UK.
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Date: 26/02/2010
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SmartWater Evidence Helps Convict Armed Robber
An armed robber who stashed £9,000 under his bed and in his airing cupboard after a security van heist has been jailed for seven years.
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Date: 10/02/2010
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Scheme Reaches 50,000 Milestone
The Nottingham Crime and Drugs Partnership (CDP) have treated their 50,000th home in Nottingham with SmartWater as part of an ongoing effort to drive down burglaries.
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Date: 28/01/2010
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Oswestry Burglars Avoid SmartWater
Burglars have admitted they are giving a wide berth to homes protected by Shropshire-based SmartWater technology, a police officer has claimed.
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Date: 21/01/2010
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