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London EUG, 15th September 2015

The work of Valencia Local Police:

Validation of technical solutions Validation of technical solutions to tackle metal theftto tackle metal theft

José L. Diegoproyectosplv@valencia.es

GOALS

To find effective tools to tackle metal theft

To find viable technical solutions

To involve relevant affected stakeholders

To carry out pilot experiences in different fields

To assess the reliability of the tools

To draw conclusions on the use of tools

SELECTED TOOLS

TESTING

The tested technical solutions were selected by

those affected stakeholders willing to carry out

pilot testings.

Despite other tools were studied (e.g. physical

protection), stakeholders didn´t selected them to

be tested.

AFFECTED FIELDS

Farming: watering engines

Water infrastructures: pumps, treatment plants

Telecommunications: phone cable

Energy: infrastructures of electricity companies

Streetlight

Railways

Scrap metal dealers

Cultural heritage: Church artistic heritage

STAKEHOLDERS

Telefonica

Valencia Water Service

Valencia Streetlights

Farmers Associations

Adif Railways

Iberdrola

Endesa

Etc

SECURITY

Prevention: Early detection and noiseless alarm

vs

Reaction: Marking for forensics and deterrence

CONNECTION TO POLICE

Integration of the alarm system in police systems

vs

Access to DNA databases

IMPACT FOR POLICE

Benefits:

Immediate detection of attacks

High deterrence

Enhancement of forensic capabilities

Difficulties:

False alarms

Exact address of alarms

Forensics with DNA under Spanish Law

IMPACT FOR POLICE

Telefonica is one of the largest

telecommunications companies in the world in

terms of market capitalisation and number of

customers.

Pilot testing with Wire-watch

System was installed in one of the hot spots of

the city in terms of cable theft rate.

Monitoring and detection of other assets and

sensors is a key added value of the system.

Wire-watch system:

Conclusions:

Easy equipment´s calibration

Cut detection in any kind of infrastructure

Exact location of the cut (length of cable)

No interfereces with other telcom services

Very accurate measurements

Conclusions:

Very accurate monitoring of systems

Alarm centre can be located in Telefonica

Wide integration options and flexibility

Easy installation

Isolated facilities:

Water treatment plant

Water pumps

Pilot testing with Wire-watch

Conclusions:

Enhancement of control & monitoring abilities

Protocols to distinguish technical/theft alarms

Protection of additional facilities and sensors

Dissemination & Deterrence:

https://youtu.be/m1fFSalhzyI

STREETLIGHT

Dissemination & Deterrence: https

://youtu.be/xvndDdvZdI4

Pilot testing with SelectaDNA & Wire-watch

INTEGRATION OF ALERTS

Wire-watch alarms as a new incident

Map location and time

Type of alarm and automatic respond

Validation by the police operator

INTEGRATION DRAWING

SENSORS

LAYER OF SENSORS

AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF INCIDENTS

AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF INCIDENTS

CATEGORIZATION

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José L. Diegoproyectosplv@valencia.esWith the financial support from the Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme of the European Union,

European Commission - Directorate-General Home Affairs