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When property is recorded as stolen, it's either identifiable or not. ) When I first attended a briefing about this, i suggested that there would be value in fitting all custody areas with a permanent UV lamp ( when I was a lad and disco's were still called discotheques this type of lighting was a common feature) but I was treated as a fool.

(Anybody glowing a funny colour in in suntan parlour may be a burglar relaxing. It still needs somebody to know that it's there and get the UV lamp out. I don't think I'm betraying any state secrets if I mention that there are versions to protect industrial premises which spray intruders with it. I've just remembered that another feature of Smartwater is that traces may be left on anybody who handles it which can then be detected by UV. Another problem with anything address-based is that it's not much good for people who move house. Around here at least, every police station is - or was in my day - equipped with tools to postcode bikes without charge, although I've seen some heavy-handed whacking. Over the years, postcoding has been quite strongly pushed by the police but I'm not sure how successful it's ever been in getting property back. The Immobilise index seems to be a good idea as it's nationally accessible to the police, but I've no personal experience or knowledge, so I just don't know for sure. IME, the main police interest in recovered property lies in its evidential value: catch somebody with identifiable property that they shouldn't have and it's usually excellent evidence. With anything like this, the main thing to remember is that once stuff has been nicked it's gone and tends not to come back, no matter what system is used, and if it does come back, it's rarely in the same condition it was in when it went. A gannif with an ultra violet lamp can examine the loot for property marking, but I doubt many bother, because they'll generally offload it PDQ.

ELLIS BRIGGS SERIAL NUMBERS REGISTRATION

Beyond that, the solution in each pen is said to be unique so it can be traced back to the original owner's registration by forensic science analysis. That bit's the same as many marking systems. The pen had a shelf-life so when I bought some new stuff after it had expired, I looked at getting a new pen but the info wasn't clear so I decided not to bother.ĪFAIK, Smart Water works by being visible only under ultra violet light. When our house was burgled a few years ago, part of the police follow-up procedure included giving us a Smart Water pack with a marking pen and some warning stickers.

Another is that there is little standardisation olf procedure between police forces. One trouble with a lot of systems is that they come and go.

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