Security group help to close gate on rural crime

STOKE-ON-TRENT, U.K. - Dec. 4, 2014 - PRLog -- A NEW generation of innovative technology is helping one of the

Midlands’ leading security firms to take on organised gangs

responsible for a disturbing rise in rural crime.

Stoke-based Security Services Group are using cutting-edge intruder

alarms and surveillance systems to target criminals responsible for the

theft of high-value equipment, tools and livestock from farms.

A wave of sheep and cattle rustling in parts of northern England,

coupled with the disappearance of high-value farm vehicles, such as

tractors and quad bikes, costs the rural economy millions of pounds

each year.

In the case of livestock theft, up to 150 sheep are often taken at one time

and then sold on the black market. And It is believed that farms with

only basic security are being targeted first.

Now bosses at the Security Services Group are urging farmers to take

urgent steps to protect their livelihoods by exploring some of the high-tech security solutions now available.

These include the latest CCTV systems, external beam protection,

computerised access control systems, data networking, flood prevention

and fire detection.

Claire Critchley, Group Marketing Co-ordinator at SSG, said the

sophisticated nature of rural crime meant that security was now a top

priority for the farming community.

She said: “The Security Services Group have been providing protection

for homes and businesses for over 30 years, so we’re well-placed to offer

specialised technical advice and support.

“Rural crime is a real and growing problem at the moment and farm equipment is

particularly vulnerable because of the often isolated places in which they are stored. But by

working together with rural businesses I’m convinced we can finally stem this disturbing

criminal trend.”

Figures from the NFU Mutual’s Rural Crime Survey recently put the cost of crime to the

rural economy at £44.5m in 2013 – a 5.2% increase on the previous year.