On 30/12/2011 00:41, Alan wrote:

What may curtail some theft is stopping the Police reporting that
thieves got away with £10,000 worth of telephone cable whereas in the
real world the scrap value was peanuts and £10,000 is the cost in
manpower to replace the cable. Even if the cable is expensive to
purchase as new it doesn't mean the value of it when scrapped is great.

More to the point, when they get caught, they should be prosecuted
according to the total impact cost of the crime. So rather than being
treated as having pinched £500 quids worth of cable, treat it as £25,000
worth of vandalism / theft etc.

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Cheers,

John.

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