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SAPS trained in microdot technology SAPS trained in microdot technology RUSTENBURG - As part of Business Against Crime's initiatives in combating crime, a representative of the company DataDot, conducted a training session attended by local members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Monday. The purpose of the training was to equip police officials of the vehicle inspection unit, CID and various other units with the knowledge and skills to identify vehicles fitted with microdots. The company specia1ises in the manufacturing and application of microdots, or also called "DataDots" - tiny high-tech polyester substrate particles the size of grains of sand, suspended in a clear drying adhesive with a UV trace. These particles, or microdots are all laser-etched with the relevant identification number (like the VIN or chassis number for new vehicles). The microdots are overt, to maximise deterrence and due to their sheer numbers, will withstand all but the most determined attempts to find and remove them. Around 10 000 microdots are applied to at least 88 different positions on the vehicle, ensuring that every part of the vehicle is infused with the vehicle's unique "DNA". These dots cannot be read with the naked eye, and an appropriate low-tech magnifier can be used by police to reveal the dots and confirm the information etched into them. Criminals and organised crime syndicates wanting to change the identity of a stolen or hijacked vehicle fitted with microdots, would literally have to go to such extremes in an attempt to change the identity of the vehicle, that they would in the process destroy the value of the vehicle and all its parts, disrupting the motive or the crime and closing down illicit markets. |
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