As the UK grapples with a cost of living crisis, the UKRPA Chairman sheds light on the risks associated with meter tampering and energy theft.
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Crimestoppers Campaign Conclusions
In Issue 10 of the Newsletter, we heard about the energy theft campaign being carried out in north-east England, led by Crimestoppers in conjunction with British Gas.
Crimestoppers launches meter tampering campaign
Crimestoppers, the independent crime-fighting charity, has today launched a campaign to tackle meter tampering, a common form of energy theft.
In addition to the increased costs that energy theft can place onto honest customer bills, tampering is a crime that can have very real and dangerous consequences like fires and explosions, which threaten the lives and homes of innocent people. Crimestoppers plays a unique role in tackling crime in the UK, by providing an anonymous reporting service for people to come forward without fearing the repercussions from the community or criminals themselves.