Thieves caught by discarded detectors

07 Jul 09

The thieves broke into the Leeds premises of one of Tag Guard’s clients – and probably thought nothing of the innocuous square boxes left on the floor, with no cables attached.

Little did they realise these were Tag Guard wireless IR movement sensing detectors which had been removed from their regular wall mounted location and left on the floor in preparation for decorating work.

These and other wireless detectors that were still in position tracked the thieves’ entry and every movement around the warehouse building.

The sensors alerted Tag Guard’s 24-hour remote monitoring centre where Tag Guard staff in turn alerted their local mobile security patrol partner – and the thieves were caught “red-handed”.

Richard Lang, managing director of Tag Guard Ltd, said: “This break-in proved a good demonstration of the integrity of our wireless systems – even when not fixed in their correct position the movement detectors worked perfectly.

“With no cables attached and left lying on the warehouse floor, the thieves no doubt completely ignored them – not suspecting they were active and working in tandem with other wireless detectors around the building.”

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