It's sad watching the USA eat itself from the inside...

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http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/12/09/c...disd-campuses/

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Campuses in the Dallas Independent School District
(DISD) have been the repeated victims of copper thieves.

The district has suffered thousands of dollars in damage, as a result of
the thefts.

“Included in those [thefts] are gonna be some HVAC units,” explained
DISD police chief Craig Miller. “And two HVAC units were damaged and
that’s $37,000 apiece, so it gets to be very expensive.”

In the month of November alone, copper thieves targeted nine schools.

The school district has released surveillance video from Peeler
Elementary School that shows two men removing copper piping from the
plumbing system.

Miller said there is a two-prong investigation — trying to find out who
is stealing the copper and also who is buying it. “Recently, there was
200 feet of copper that was taken and there’s obviously a market in
metal recycling where this product is sold.”

Copper theft isn’t the only problem facing the Dallas ISD. Over the past
month, there have been 41 campus break-ins. Thieves are stealing
computers, and other equipment.

During the next month or so, the DISD is taking special steps to guard
schools. “Each of the Dallas police department investigative
units/substations has a copper metal theft [division] and we’re working
with them on this,” said Miller. “I mean obviously we’re gonna have a
task force that goes on during the holidays.”