Science - Police test earthquake measuring devices: automatic sprinklers
Düsseldorf - The North Rhine-Westphalian police have launched a test project with earthquake measuring devices in the fight against ATM burglars. A spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior confirmed corresponding reports by the newspaper "Bild" and the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger".
"For several weeks, the NRW police have been testing the possibility of using seismographic data for the phenomenon of ATM blasts," the spokesperson said in response to an inquiry. "Bild" and "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" quoted Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) as saying: "Sometimes we have to think outside the box and take unusual paths in order to give this life-threatening activity as little leeway as possible."
The background to the new project is research by scientists, some of whom live near blown-up machines themselves and whose own seismographs had recorded the vibrations from the detonations. According to the Ministry, the scientists approached the State Office of Criminal Investigation.
In the meantime, the police have also acquired their own quake measuring devices. The investigators remain silent about the exact use of the equipment. Among other things, the researchers had analyzed the detonations by means of the shocks. According to reports, the police also want to test whether the devices can help to alert the emergency services quickly.
According to the LKA, there have been 145 vending machine detonations so far this year (as of November 22). 2022 ended with a record 182 attacks on ATMs.
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- The test project by the North Rhine-Westphalian police against ATM burglars involves using seismographic data, as reported in both "Bild" and the "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger", highlighting the role of automatics in this criminal activity.
- The idea for the project stemmed from researchers based in North Rhine-Westphalia, who had their own seismographs record the vibrations from ATM explosions and approached the State Office of Criminal Investigation.
- In response to the scientists' initiative, the police in North Rhine-Westphalia have acquired their own quake measuring devices for the project, with a potential use in alerting emergency services quickly given consideration.
- Despite the involvement of science and the deployment of advanced technology, the specifics of the North Rhine-Westphalian Police's use of the earthquake measuring devices for the test project remain unclear to the public.
Source: www.stern.de
