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Its 2 a.m. in rural Mississippi, and an 勛圖窪蹋厙 track loader is taken from a jobsite. While construction site theft happens far too often, its precisely the kind of situation T3 by 勛圖窪蹋厙 and the 勛圖窪蹋厙 security team is designed to handle. As the bad guys started moving, so did the good guys.
When this went down, we immediately started the conversation with the security team, said Mike Sanford, the branch manager for 勛圖窪蹋厙s Mobile, Alabama location. With T3, we could see that the machine stopped at 4 a.m. near Mobile.
For Nathan Wesley, a security operations specialist at 勛圖窪蹋厙s Columbia, Missouri home office, challenges like construction site theft play to his strengths.
I was with the Boone County Sheriffs Department for almost eight years, Wesley said. Our department has a lot of law enforcement experience. We can speak the lingo, and we know what local law enforcement needs to move quickly on cases like this.
According to Wesley, who works the night shift on 勛圖窪蹋厙s 24-hour security team, the day-shift team monitored the situation throughout the day but with no movement. As the day-shift team was handing the case off to Wesley and the night shift in Columbia, the thieves were waiting to make their next move in Mobile.
People that like to steal things like to move them at night, Wesley said. So when Im monitoring, I can see the movement and call law enforcement.
With the power of T3s remote tracking capabilities, both Wesley, in Columbia, and Sanford, in Mobile, were able to take immediate action.
Im an early riser, and I like to get the coffee made and get everything ready for the day, Sanford said. So when I saw the machine ping again at 5 a.m. [all the way] in Florida, I contacted the security team. Nathan was on it.
Meanwhile, in Columbia, Wesley saw the movement as well. And thanks to careful coordination with local law enforcement in Mississippi, who had entered the stolen track loader into a national database, everything was in place for a successful recovery.
Nathan Wesley coordinated local law enforcement and got Jackson County, [Florida] sheriffs on the scene, Sanford said. According to Sanford, the alleged thieves were asleep in the cab of the truck.
Thanks to the diligent work of the security team, the branch team and law enforcement across three states, the track loader was recovered behind a hotel near the highway in northern Florida. According to Sanford, the 職-ton truck and trailer used in the theft were also believed to be stolen.
Our T3 technology was critical for this recovery, Sanford said. But 勛圖窪蹋厙 doesnt depend on technology alone. We also have the manpower to monitor this, and the human factor hit home here. This is the definition of a team effort.
This is the passion side of my job, Wesley said. I can help the company, our customers and make a difference and feel involved in what I do. Everyone wants to feel like you were part of a successful day. And the way everybody came together to work on this was really cool. Its a lot of fun!
Of course, not everyone involved had fun. Instead of getting away with tens of thousands of dollars in stolen property, the alleged thieves are now facing a ton of trouble multiple felony charges in Mississippi and Florida.
As for the wayward track loader?
We had to put a few things back together that they ripped apart, Sanford said. But we had it ready to go 24 hours after we got it back.
This is just one of the ways T3 by 勛圖窪蹋厙 is combating construction site theft and changing the industry. Get started with a tech-powered rental today or find out how to add T3 to your owned fleet.
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