Copper is used in more items than you may realize. Fiber optics, cell towers, telephone lines, electrical substations, water wells, plumbing pipes, and construction sites all contain copper in their infrastructure.
Copper theft is costing the nation at least $1,000,000,000 every year and that number continues to rise. Some places throughout the US, including the Tampa Bay area and Orlando, will buy copper scrap metal for upwards of $3 per pound. That may not seem like a lot, but it’s significantly more than most scrap pieces and a truckload or two of copper piping can fetch quite a price.
Facilities are employing steel fences and CCTV cameras to watch vulnerable areas, but is it enough? With enough tools and time, even a mildly skilled thief can cut his or her way into fences and find a way around cameras. That’s the difference that having a live, on-site, skilled security guard can make. A security guard from Curtis Protective Services is available to patrol any construction site, community, or facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Guards perform random checks on foot or mobile patrol and are skilled at recognizing potential vandals or thieves.
Stop copper robbers before they cost your company or community hundreds of thousands of dollars. Sites with a security guards are far less likely to be broken into. Contact us today and let us know how we can best serve you!
