A crime prevention tool is being placed in all schools across Stevenage ahead of the summer holidays.
PC Paul Lawlor said: “Officers from the Stevenage Safer Neighbourhood Team will be visiting schools across the town in the coming days ahead of the summer holidays delivering bottles of enigmaTag, a high-tech burglary reduction tool.
“It is a liquid which comes in a small bottle, each bottle has its own unique code and each code will be registered on a database held by police. The invisible liquid can be used to mark valuable items so if they were taken and subsequently recovered they are easily identifiable by police and can be returned.
“We hope we will be able to reunite people with their stolen property but, more importantly, we hope the scheme will act as a deterrent to opportunist thieves. We are pleased to be able to role this project out to schools across Stevenage. It has been trialled elsewhere in the county and has proved effective in fighting crime.”
Camps Hill Community Primary School in Chells was the first school to receive the product, but all schools will be receiving it.
About enigmaTag
enigmaTag uses encrypted micro particles to ‘mark’ home owners’ assets so they can be identified. enigmaTag, an asset marking product is based on encrypted micro particles, which are difficult to break or replicate, developed by RedWeb Security.
enigmaTag comes in small bottles and a tiny amount of the liquid can be applied to valuable belongings such as computers, digital cameras, jewellery and antiques.
They will register details of the marked property on a database – in case of theft of loss; details of the items will be easier to report to the police and insurance companies. It will also be easier to identify and recover stolen property, as the descriptions, serial numbers and images of the items are easily accessible.
The enigmaTag fluid in each bottle has its own unique code and each code will be registered on a database held by police. Handheld scanners, owned by the police, will enable them to identify instantaneously the code hidden in the enigmatag fluid and compare it with the details on the database to identify stolen items and return them to their rightful owners. They will also be able to investigate when items with different codes are found in property being searched by police.
