Coded for Keeps
This ambitious project produced 800 security marking kits, along with the necessary instruction to households as to how to mark high value items in the home. Marking property acts as a deterrent and makes the identification of recovered property much more straightforward.
The kits were distributed to public libraries throughout the county. Making the kits available via the libraries meant they could be used time and time again, much like borrowing a book.
Monitoring indicated a total of 7,500 householders took advantage of the scheme