Horse Box Theft & Recovery STOLEN
SCANIA Horse Box worth over £80,000 remains Unrecovered
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Would things be different had owners considered Approved Theft Recovery? Horse Boxes, Towing Vehicles and Trailers are highly desirable objects... something that professional criminals would consider a legitimate target, but despite some owner’s best efforts to secure and deter a theft, a determined thieve will always find a way of stealing them.
DCI Mark Hooper, lead officer for ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS) opened the 2011 AVCIS Crime forum at Thatcham where the latest vehicle theft methodologies were presented. These figures detailed that the majority of cases of vehicle theft now involved criminals obtaining the vehicle keys by Burglary, Fraud, Deception or Hi Jack.
Planning for Anti-Theft and After-Theft Recovery Insurance companies have identified that the most effective security device that can be purchased is “a monitored proactive tracking system”. Insurance companies will therefore encourage this security approach by providing their best discounts to owners who select Insurance approved systems. On the other hand unmonitored DIY type tracking systems or unapproved tracking units are not accepted by any of the main insurance companies. Owners will have likely paid significant sums on purchasing their vehicle and with rising insurance premiums it makes sense for owners to ensure they keep their no claims discounts by considering the fitment of an appropriate security tracking system to protect their investment. But with over 80 tracking service providers and the majority of these non-approved where does one find suitable guidance on security approved tracking equipment? Equestrian Life magazine approached tracking equipment specialist Richard Taylor from Automatrics Limited to help identify to readers ... what he believes makes for a reliable selection process when it comes to sourcing an approved tracking device for any at risk equipment.
Automatrics have recently celebrated their 5th anniversary in the theft recovery and asset tracking business, a company well positioned in the industry and respected by competitors. Richard has presented several seminars on tracking technology best practice guidance around the country, and specifically presented in 2011 at the ACPO Rural Crime Seminar, North Yorkshire Rural watch and Horse watch meetings. Readers may also have seen Automatrics in action on the BBC Panorama programme “Track my Trash” where an mtrack device was placed inside a TV set that was successfully
Richard Taylor Presents at Birmingham University
carried out by a professional Auto Electrician to ensure systems do not interfere with other vehicle loom electrics and to comply with Thatcham rules.
Virtually all insurance company’s now look to Thatcham as the quality standard for tracking certification. Thatcham is internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading accreditation providers for after theft recovery tracking so the The Thatcham website would be an excellent starting point for anyone searching for an insurance approved tracking device. Systems are tested to comply with strict
CAT 7 Underground Tested Although currently not listed as an official Thatcham category the Mtrack battery system was successfully tested by Thatcham engineers in an underground car park vehicle recovery test (where no GSM or GPS signals were present) in January 2012.
Monitored’ systems Where any alarm is alerted to a monitoring centre, they then contact the owner and/or the police.
Unmonitored’ systems Usually alerts the owner directly, often by mobile phone text messages.
Police forces may respond to reports alerted via a legitimate, accredited monitoring centre, but are far less likely to respond to an alert made directly to the owner.
Proactive Tracker A system that will alert the monitoring centre for illegal movement
tracked from London to Nigeria. (Still showing on the BBC I player service) Richard explains “Tracking systems generally fall into two main installation types, the majority of which are wired into the vehicle electrical system, and those specifically designed to use their own power. As Horse boxes and trailers can quite often be stored for lengthy periods with power isolators off, they are better suited to the fitment of self powered tracker systems rather than wired systems where batteries would run flat if stored for long periods. Self powered systems are also regarded as being more covert without external wiring for criminals to trace, these units are also immune to high voltages passed through the chassis and are considered more flexible to self install and transfer.
The fitment of an approved wired tracking system would need to be
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criteria and are listed for review on their website
www.thatcham.org
Thatcham Tracker categories Released 2005 CAT 5 Wired to the vehicle, current listed units all have “GPS only location technology”. Systems also prevent the vehicle from starting, although strict rules apply.
Released 2010 CAT 6 Wired to the vehicle, again virtually all systems are “GPS only location technology”
Released 2010 CAT 7 Primarily use Radio Location which is immune to GPS jammers. Systems can be self powered or wired. The battery powered Mtrack system is unique within this category as it additional uses GPS and GSM technology with a proactive remote control to arm for illegal movement.
In summary Richard further commented “Approved Tracking Systems are building a reputation for themselves as being an effective way of recovering stolen vehicles. Often recovery is rapid, and before any significant harm has been done to a vehicle.
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* Complies with The British Insurance Industry’s Quality Assurance Process Product Quality Assured by Thatcham Motor and Insurance Repair Research Centre.
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