As part of making safer, Police have been giving away an anti-theft liquid called SmartWater to help people protect their personal possessions -- and buildings too. As well as being an excellent way for residents to protect a wide range of valuables like jewellery, TVs, i-pods, bicycles and power tools, it is also being used to protect buildings from lead thieves.
SmartWater is a transparent liquid applied by brush, which provides a unique DNA type coding. It enables police to identify ownership of recovered items that have been applied with SmartWater. Many domestic properties, business premises, churches and schools across the borough are now protected with SmartWater.
Basically, SMARTWATER provides Police with a liquid DNA.
The solution is painted onto household items and leaves a forensic fingerprint encoded with the owner's details, which is virtually impossible to remove.
By displaying the SmartWater warning labels you will let criminals know that your property is protected.
How does it work as a crime deterrent ?
Studies have shown that the most powerful deterrent for any criminal is the thought that they might get caught. Sinse SmartWater has been introduced to in 2003, there has been a 31% reduction in burglary.
Thieves simply cannot risk handling stolen goods coded with SmartWater because 'forensic profiling' means they can be linked directly to the crime... often long after the event. Stronger and more accurate than DNA itself, SmartWater deters criminals because they know that they will be arrested and convicted.
Just code your possessions with SmartWater and your unique formula enables them to be forensically identified.
This innovative scheme was originally piloted last year in around 7 licensed premises in the Borough using covert systems. These premises had previously reported thefts of fruit machines from their premises. In late 2003 these premises had the SMARTWATER spray covertly installed and since then they have not reported any further thefts.
is one of the first Boroughs in the Met to launch SMARTWATER