UK police launch new equipment theft task force

Leila Steed Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

02 July 2021

A new specialist police task force has been established in the UK to help prevent and fight construction and agricultural equipment theft.

Leading the ACE task force team (Left to right): Detective Sergeant Tom Grundey, Detective Superintendent Neil Austin, and Detective Inspector Ernie Locke, of the Opal National Intelligence Unit for Serious and Organised Acquisitive Crime.

The Agricultural and Construction Equipment (ACE) task force will operate as part of the UK’s national intelligence unit, known as Opal, which focuses on serious organised acquisitive crime (SOAC)...Sign in to continue reading

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