Tackling Metal Theft: Tuesday, August 16th 2022, 9:30am – 1:00pm
Public Policy Exchange will be hosting a webinar on Tackling Metal Theft: Assessing the Effectiveness of Current Legislation and Improving Enforcement which will take place on Tuesday, August 16th 2022 between 9:30am and 1:00pm.
Key Speakers
- Kevin Thomas, Principal Risk Management Surveyor at Ecclesiastical
Programme
- Assess the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (SMDA) and debate the successes and failures of current legislation
- Examine the trends in how metal theft has changed
- Evaluate current relationships between key stakeholders in the metal theft industry, including the role of the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership
- Evaluate the benefits of criminalising both the seller and the buyer of scrap metal
- Review the impact of metal theft on a variety of sectors
- Determine methods to enhance and improve data sharing between local authorities and relevant actors
- Discuss means of effectively enforcing the SMDA
- Develop innovative preventative measures and review existing deterrent technologies
- Assess what further funding is needed for law enforcement agencies and how to secure further funding for local authorities and for
- Discuss long-term strategies to tackle metal theft, including with regard to organised crime
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