1,000 security kits handed out to make Newport safer
More than 1,000 households in Newport have collected their free Smartwater security kits.
The kits allow users to forensically mark their belongings so that they can be identified if they are stolen.
Newport Town Council gave the 1,000th kit to resident Ruth Corrigan, and is now more than halfway towards their target of 40 per cent of households using the kit.
Once they hit the target – which is about 1,840 kits – police and crime commissioner John Campion will pay for signage across the town warning that it is protected with Smartwater.
Newport Town Council shared the news on its Facebook page, adding: "When we started out, 40 per cent seemed a huge target, but the community of Newport has got behind the project, and we will get there."
Regular sessions where Smartwater kits are available are being held in Newport Library on Wednesdays and Fridays, and events are held around the town in other locations.
The Smartwater kits are being supplied by Newport Town Council for Newport Residents using money budgeted from the precept, in the hopes it will make Newport a safer place to live.
Residents need to prove their postal address with ID when collecting the Smartwater.
There is a limit of one kit per household.
The kit includes a home solution, window deterrent stickers, property stickers and instructions for use.
