Just had the police at my door....

[mistergixer]

...and they very kindly gave me one of these for free:

https://www.selectadna.co.uk/forensic-coding-domestic-kits.html

There's been a spate of burglaries in the village recently (I wouldn't like to stereotype, but a gambling man would probably say it's a pretty sure bet that it probably has something to do with the Pikeys just up the road), and whilst the coppers have clearly not managed to catch the perpetrators, it's nice to see they're actually doing something relatively positive.

To their credit, they have sent out a number of updates and advise leaflets, and have made a number of local visits. Whilst they can't prevent the burglaries from taking place (not without having a team of coppers stationed in every home in the village on a full-time basis), they are taking steps to see that any nicked gear can't be fenced so easily.

Anyone have any experience of these forensic marking kits? Perhaps you had some property stolen and it got returned as a consequence, or perhaps you're a tea-leaf/fence who got his collar felt as a result?

I'm going to make use of it anyway (and put up the accompanying warning stickers), but just wondered what the general thoughts on it was....


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[Tarmacsurfer]

They gave you a UV light. I am so jealous
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[yaigi]

I don't get it.... how does it work?

I got a UV reactive pen off the police once. I used it to paint my face up and draw squiggly things all over my arms at raves
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[mistergixer]

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Copper - "Hi, we know who the crims are, but havent got the resource to do anything about it (nor is there political will to even if we did).

Dont feel let down, please have a vial of magic potion.

We probably dont have the resources nor will to go and look for nicked stuff but if we ever fall over it somewhere you might get it back.....


Better go I have to catch 50 speeders today..."





Trolling


Its pretty good of them to come round and say hello, I think just by letting people know they are about makes people feel a bit happier that they are trying to do something about it.
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[Vracktal]

How durable is UV paint anyway? I'm fairly certain one of my mates drew a bunch of cocks on my bike fairings with a UV pen a few months ago, but got no way to find out.... Since then i's been through rain, mud and pressurewasher so I wonder if whatever he drew is still visible...?

[Tungtvann]

[daemonoid]

[pits]

Could you just not spunk all over your bike to DNA mark it?
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[stinkwheel]

It's a good thing. My local police did this too. I've marked up all the electronic stuff, motorbike and bicycles with it.

The police get fed up raiding some scumbags house, finding a pile of DVD players in the corner and can do nothing about it because they can't prove they have been stolen.

Find one marked with microdots and it PROVES who it belongs to in a legally admissable way.

That said, the UV stuff with the microdots is not as inconspicuous as they like to make out. You can clearly see where it's been put.
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[Alpha-9]

I'm pretty sure most my belongings are covered in my semen anyway, so this is pretty unnecessary
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[yaigi]

Ahhh ok, I get it now. I guess it would be quite good for knowing if you have bought stolen goods off ebay as well. Shame there's no way of getting your money back if you fall victim to that though.

EDIT: Actually, what if you wanted to sell your coded up laptop though? Is it possible to update the database with new owner details?
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[stinkwheel]

If they found a coded item and suspected it was stolen, they would still need a statement off the registered owner that it had been stolen before they could proceed.

If you buy stolen goods, you are comitting an absolute criminal offence of being in posession of stolen property so I'd keep quiet about it if I were you. Not knowing they were stolen is not, as far as I'm aware, a valid defence.

Given how the police will always go for the easy meat, if I landed up in posession of something I suspected to be hooky, I'd either keep quiet or get shot of it.
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