Just when I thought I heard the last about
copper theft, it returns to the news.
Just when I thought I heard the last
about copper theft, it returns to the news. Last month, a man entered one of San Francisco’s public
transportation tunnels and stripped approximately 16 feet of copper wiring used
to power the train line. The theft occurred in the very early morning hours
before the morning commute. The result was a three-hour delay for
trains.
This brazen act of vandalism and theft came as a
surprise to me for many reasons. First, the individual responsible for the
theft could have easily been killed from the attempt. Second, copper thefts
just won’t go away. For a while, we stopped hearing about copper theft in the
media. This probably provided a false sense of security. I’m sure copper theft
has continued to happen, but not on the scale that it was being
reported.
So what is going on in your communities? Are you
still seeing copper theft as a problem? And what are you doing to protect your
copper wiring and your customer’s systems?
