Operation Tremor was a joint operation between

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and

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to combat thieves who had been stealing copper boilers, cables and piping from train tracks, which could disable signalling equipment and safety devices. Some of the wire was used to carry information for automatic signalling and safety equipment.Operational Police officers The police circulated pictures of known thieves to scrap metal merchants and taxi drivers after a dramatic rise in thefts from railway property and homes. Part of the blame was put on the rise in price of copper which had tripled in the three years leading to 2006. Equipment used in targeting offenders included CCTV and

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( ANPR).

External links

Railway thieves risking their lives. www.trackoff.org (accessed:21/12/2006

British Transport Police

British Transport Police Special Constabulary website

BBC Crimefighters: British Transport Police

References

* {{cite web , url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1066359.mostviewed.police_hope_to_cop_metal_thiefs.php , title=Police hope to ‘cop’ metal thiefs , author=Charlotte Bradshaw , date=2006-12-09 , publisher=Lancashire Telegraph , accessdate=2006-12-21 British Transport Police Metal theft Tremor

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