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Advice in relation to reducing Oil Theft


Your local Crime Reduction Officer of the Police Service for Northern Ireland is giving the following Crime Reduction Advice to help you to prevent heating oil theft:

• Check you heating level REGULARLY at least twice a week – preferably daily.

• There are many devices on the market for measuring how much oil is in your tank – buy one and USE IT (oil sentry, oil watchman etc. See local supplier for details).

• What security features does your tank have, LOCKABLE FUEL CAP, SENSOR LIGHTING COVERAGE, ETC.

• Is your heating oil tank easily accessible to vehicular traffic-next to a road, car park etc? If it is you are at a HIGHER RISK of theft being committed.

• Be a good neighbour and REPORT anything suspicious around a neighbour’s home i.e. an oil tanker or van in a driveway at an unusual time, persons taking hoses through to an oil tank etc. If you are suspicious note details and ring 0845 600 8000 IMMEDIATELY.

• For more advice on keeping safe visit the PSNI web-site at www.psni.co.uk