Stolen and recovered within 3 hours

学分：M&P Survey&PLP Construction Ltd

LOC8is an asset protection and anti-theft solution integrated into select Leica Geosystems Total Stations that incorporates the latest positioning and communications technologies. Providing, both indoors and outdoors, understanding where you assets are.

After a long week, and a hard day's work on a Friday evening in Manchester, PLP Construction's Site Engineer had packed up his kit and tools, loaded it into his van and headed to the gym on his way home. On his return to the van, it quickly became clear that the hired Leica TS16 was missing and had been stolen. The theft was reported to Greater Manchester Police, and a crime reference number was provided.

What happened once the equipment had been stolen?

当该设备是从M＆P Survey Equipment Ltd租用时，拨打电话以通知其Hiredesk。由于其所有最先进的TS16租赁机队都受到LOC8的保护，因此，Hiredesk立即登录了Web门户，并检查了报告的被盗设备的状态。

请求最新的按需位置，并将更新率设置为每1分钟，以跟随被盗的商品。然后，使用链接在Google地图页面上显示的链接将实时位置共享到PLP构造，而无需登录所有者的帐户或MAP屏幕截图的手册发送。

Tracked and retrieved...

The LOC8 enabled TS16 was tracked and observed to stop at a fast food restaurant before continuing to a residential address where it remained stationary. LOC8 clearly pinpointed the location and PLP Construction contacted the police, this time in the jurisdiction of Lancashire Police and explained a high value asset was stolen, had been tracked and was now stationary. Lancashire Police identified the address was registered to a known offender and a police officer was dispatched and arrived within 10 minutes.

Whilst a police officer confronted a person returning to the property, suspecting that the other people within the property may run off, the Engineer went to observe from the front. An occupant at the property emerged from the house and hurried back inside. The individual that the police were talking to was told by an occupant of the property to hand over the boxes to the police. They were then warned against stealing survey equipment as it is always tracked. No arrests were made at the time as the investigation is still ongoing as a joint operation between the two police forces.

警方目前正在整理证据以建立起诉，TS16被返回了PLP Construction的现场工程师，而没有增加任何进一步的不便，例如扣留了被盗的设备进行法医分析。

From the web portal, the day's tracking history was exported with timestamps and Google Maps position links where the route taken was shown, allowing the timestamp for the stop at the restaurant to be queried to request corresponding CCTV footage to assist in the reconstruction of the timeline following the theft

特别感谢...

Leica Geosystemswould like to thank M&P Survey Equipment Ltd, PLP Construction Ltd, Lancashire Police and Greater Manchester Police for the prompt assistance, contributions and permissions to reproduces images in this TruStory and the successful recovery of a theft.

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