Basic Crime Reduction Advice from Suffolk Police
Always keep sheds locked, with a good quality close shackle padlock; ensure sheds are behind a secure perimeter; use dusk to dawn lighting; use hasp and staples, a padbar, or coach bolts or non-tamper screws to fasten hinges/hasps; security mark property, with your house number and post code and register your belongings at immobilise.com; fit anchor points to secure items; have a monitored alarm fitted (i.e. texting alarm), and avoid storing high value items.
Register serial numbers of tools and equipment via Immobilise https://www.immobilise.com/ and make a personal record. This will help identify items if they are found, and speed up the process of returning items to the owners.
A list of security products can be viewed via -http://www.suffolk.police.uk/sites/suffolk/files/security_product_brochure.pdf
Further advice on shed security can be obtained using the following link:http://www.suffolk.police.uk/sites/suffolk/files/shedandgaragesecurity1.pdf
MANY THANKS PHIL
Phil Kemp
Design Out Crime Officer (DOCO)
For West and South Suffolk
Bury St Edmunds Police Station
Raingate Street, Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk, IP33 2AP
Tel 101 Ext 4141 or direct dial 01284 77 4141