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SmartWater on the square

The SmartWater bus is being launched in the Old Market Square on Wednesday 25th March 2009.

Between 12 and 12.30pm, Nottinghamshire Police Chief Superintendent Shaun Beebe will be on hand with the Burglary Reduction Team who will be taking referrals from City residents for SmartWater and offering a range of crime prevention advice.

The SmartWater programme has been a great success since it began in 2001. Over 30,000 homes and businesses across the city have had property security protected with SmartWater. There have been cases where the presence of Smartwater has been used as evidence to help secure convictions, including high profile cases where SmartWater traps have been deployed in Capture Houses and Capture Cars.

The red and yellow liveried bus shows the kinds of items which are easily protected by Smartwater like mobile phones, mp3 players, cycles, laptops and LCD TVs etc. The bus also lists areas around the city where property has been SmartWater protected and the contact details (0115 915 3071) for city residents to arrange for their property to be SmartWatered, whilst reminding them that this is a FREE service. The bus will be seen on Nottingham City Transport routes across the city for the next 12 months.

Chief Superintendent Shaun Beebe said:

SmartWater is one of a range of initiatives that have been successfully deployed across the city. The Police along with Crime and Drugs Partnership have worked extensively to ensure local people are better protected against burglary.

Read the full press release about burglary reduction and SmartWater.

(Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:00:00 GMT)

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