In South Yorkshire, equipment in all council maintained schools, and a number of other council owned buildings across Barnsley, will be protected from theft thanks to a forensic marking product.
Barnsley Council launched use of SelectaDNA at an event attended by representatives from 22 schools across the borough and council cultural sites. At the event, James Brown, Managing Director of Selectamark plc, the security company that produces SelectaDNA, demonstrated the product. Everyone that attended received a free SelectaDNA kit containing a bottle of the DNA property marking solution, tamper resistant warning labels, window stickers, a UV key ring light and warning signs.
SelectaDNA is an invisible solution used to mark and identify valuable items and in the event of theft assist police to trace and return the property to their owner. The product also deters theft as marked items have almost no resale value and instantly links the criminal to the crime.
The invisible product can be applied to any valuable item likely to be targeted by thieves – such as laptops, scanners, TVs, computers and whiteboards.
Councillor Alan Gardiner, cabinet spokesperson for Corporate Services, said: “We take the protection of our assets very seriously and our new contractual partnership with Selectamark demonstrates this. The launch event was a great success and very well attended by representatives from council maintained schools that will now be able to protect their valuable assets and deter potential theft.”
Visit www.selectadna.co.uk.
