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DATATAG COURSE HELPS LANCASHIRE POLICE IDENTIFY STOLEN MACHINES

DATATAG COURSE HELPS LANCASHIRE POLICE IDENTIFY STOLEN MACHINES

Altering a machine's original identification numbers is one way in which criminals attempt hide stolen machines and pass them off as legitimate to unsuspecting customers. This causes not only misery to the original victim but in many cases also the unwitting buyer who has the machine seized when identified.

However to ensure the police have the upper hand, Datatag, experts in security marking technologies provide an accredited training course in Plant and Agricultural Identification. The course offered to the police through Datatag Police Liaison and Training Officer Nick Mayell, covers all aspects of machine identification and forensic recovery of identification marks.

Having attended a course recently a stolen vehicle examiner at Lancashire constabulary found himself calling on his new found knowledge, quickly being able to spot rogue numbers on two machines which had been stopped under suspicious circumstances. The eagle eyed vehicle examiner identified both a stolen ATV and roller thanks to Datatag and the training he had received.

The criminals had made a valiant effort to carefully engrave new identities into both machines but didn't bank on the expertise of the stolen vehicle examiner! At first glance chassis numbers look perfectly legitimate, however a simple test, outlined on the course reveals something slightly more sinister - and certainly not obvious to the untrained eye.

The stolen vehicle examiner at Lancashire constabulary said "From our point of view without your training we would not have been able to sort either of these jobs".

Datatag run a series of dedicated, accredited plant and agriculture courses for the Police throughout the year along with accredited forensic and vehicle courses and to date many officers have been given greater powers to identify altered vehicle numbers.

Datatag are the power behind many official security marking schemes including Construction, Agriculture, Motorcycle and Marine and additionally supply marking systems from power tools to horse saddles.

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