Victoria, Australia - fuel theft on the increase
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Crime statistics released on Monday by Victoria Police show that Victoria is seeing an increase in fuel theft, much like Sydney has recently experienced.
In the past year, petrol drive-off offences have increased by 41.6%, from 5,038 in 2004-05 to 7,135 in 2005-06. There has also been a large increase in number plate thefts, 31.9% in the past year. These thefts allow concealment of vehicle registration numbers during the commission of drive-off offenses.
Police Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon, has said that new initiatives are being introduced to control the growing problem. "In particular we have recently introduced the 'safe plates' initiative which encourages the use of one-way screws on number plates", she said.
The slotted head of the screw allows an installer to turn the screw tighter for fastening the license plate in place, but the screw cannot be backed out with a screwdriver because the slot is shorn off in the direction needed to loosen the screw.
References
[edit]- "Crime statistics show Victoria is still a safe place to be" — Victoria Police, Australia, August 14, 2006
Sources
[edit]- Robert Wainwright. "Petrol rage: drive-offs now one an hour" — Sydney Morning Herald, August 5, 2006
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