THE PROBLEM …
Most equipment thefts occur at night or over a weekend and may not be discovered for hours, days or sometimes weeks. It is during this critical window - when your stolen construction equipment is being transported and no theft has been reported, that law enforcement is most likely to notice suspicious activity and have cause to inspect the machinery.
But as there is little or no titling or DMV registration for mobile off-road equipment, an officer is unlikely to be able to identify you as the owner and will be unable to prove that it does not belong to the person stealing it.
THE SOLUTION …
Heavy Equipment Loss Prevention Technology (HELPtech)
This simply means listing the serial or PIN numbers of your heavy equipment with the National Equipment Register (NER) – a national database used by thousands of police agencies across the country to identify the true owner of equipment.
Once your equipment is registered, police anywhere in the country (and beyond) can identify you as the owner by calling NER’s 24-hour Police Hotline – even before you know the equipment has been stolen. Your data is only ever used for this purpose.
Affixing the Helptech warning decals provided by NER is a first line of defense letting potential thieves know that the chance of being caught when moving, storing or selling the equipment is greatly increased – and this can be a useful theft deterrent.
In the event a registered machine is discovered to be missing, a HELPtech client can notify NER by phone or online to mark the equipment as stolen. A theft alert will be sent to police and industry specialists in the area of the theft and the equipment details included in any searches of the NER database, including calls to NER’s 24-hour, national Tip Line.
HOW DOES
HELPtech WORK?
