How Police are Solving Rural Crime with SelectaDNA

Due to the ongoing pressures of rural crime across the country, Police forces are taking action to clamp down on this, including North Yorkshire Police and Essex Police

North Yorkshire's Rural Task Force have been distributing SelectaDNA kits & to farmers following an increase in trailer thefts, thanks to the Safer Streets Fund. Not only this, they will be sharing the kits through the local Rural Watch schemes and will be providing kits at free drop-in sessions.

Sgt David Lund, of North Yorkshire Police’s Rural Task Force, said: “Our Rural Task Force, Neighbourhood Policing Teams and other specialist units regularly patrol rural areas, paying particular attention to the border with other counties – which means criminals will find it extremely difficult to get in and out of our area undetected.

“However, should the worst happen, and criminals do manage to get away with stolen property, they’ll know that it is now highly likely to be coated with SelectaDNA or some other forensic marking system.

Elsewhere, Essex Police have been combatting thefts by providing local farms with SelectaDNA kits, thanks to funding from Uttlesford Community Safety Partnership. Sgt. Kev Mayle said: "We jumped at the chance to obtain the SelectaDNA kits for our farmers to protect their valuable machinery and equipment from thieves.

“We know the financial and psychological effects that such thefts can have and the huge disruption the loss of agricultural machinery and vehicles can have on rural farms and businesses."