A lthough the past year saw a lower level of rural crime across the country, the East of England region remains the most affected. In a study by NFU Mutual *, it’ s believed that rural crime, which ranges from vehicle and fuel theft to trespassing, cost the UK over £ 30million in 2014 alone. A range of businesses are already benefitting from SRS’ s 24 / 7 services, from solar farms and churches to open sites.”
William Notcutt, Director of William Notcutt Estates approached SRS to discuss options for protecting his substantial solar farm in rural Suffolk. He said:“ The company( SRS) has a similar ethos to us. They strive to make the communities in which they operate better and work closely with local businesses to achieve that end. I felt confident that they would be able to tailor the ideal solution for our very specific set of requirements.”
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2014 saw the opening of a state-of-the-art Alarm Receiving Centre( ARC) in Ipswich, Suffolk allowing the SRS team to remotely monitor over 4,500 CCTV cameras and intruder alarms.
For secluded rural sites, simply having CCTV in place is not always enough to deter criminals but thanks to the ARC, the incident management team at SRS is alerted to any event and able to mobilise the appropriate response rapidly when required – maximising the chances of bringing potential thieves or vandals to task.
“ Initially, I was both impressed and a little intrigued by the solution that SRS could offer,” said William.“ Having decided to take their instruction I have to say that the service to date has been absolutely excellent. In my view SRS represent tremendous value of money and I would have no hesitation in recommending them to others who might have a need for this kind of CCTV monitoring.” The East of England Co-op’ s Secure Response Services is built
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on years of experience reducing crime across its own estate of over 200 outlets, many of which are in rural towns and villages across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
Lee Hammond, Head of SRS explained:“ We’ ve retained the cooperative ethos and which we like to think that makes us more than just a security company. We know first-hand that any crime on any
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scale can have a devastating impact. By working in partnership with local communities, police forces and councils we hope to make towns and villages safe and thriving places to live and work.”
* www. nfumutual. co. uk / farming / i nitative / rural-crime
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