Laptop tracker an excellent deterrent: Spratt

South Belfast DUP MLA and NI Policing Board Member Jimmy Spratt has welcomed the decision by the PSNI to offer students the opportunity to have tracking devices placed inside their laptops free of charge.

 

Commenting, Mr. Spratt said:

 

‘In recent months many burglaries have taken place in and around the university area and students have had laptops stolen, in many incidents leading to the loss of valuable coursework. This obviously causes great stress and inconvenience to the victim and can have a detrimental effect on education.

 

The initiative by the PSNI to offer free tracking devices for laptops is a fantastic idea and one which I hope many students will avail of. Burglars see student homes as an easy target and all efforts to make homes less appealing to burglars are to be welcomed.’