Stolen Javad Equipment

Nate The Surveyor

Well-Known Member
I don't know of any manufacturer who is actively working to prevent theft. I do know some dealers are. And, I've heard that lists of stolen goods exist. However, if some of the stolen goods change countries, they appear to be "getting away with it".
Javad, through his DPOS program, and through his software update program, is in a unique position, to find any stolen gear. What happens next is the topic of this post.
Ideas? Well, the actual owner, could be notified. With any known info. Ie, "your stolen t-2 accessed DPOS, through an LS, in Mexico, on a certain date".
If nothing else, the permanent oaf could be made into a monthly one (requiring the recipient of stolen goods to pay, to get it working again, and the money goes to the owner). Lots of ideas come to mind.
Any ideas?
I think thieves should not succeed.
And this is a unique opportunity to express a new form of theft prevention, or blocking the continuation of profit from stolen goods.
I hope that this can become a part of the Javad product features.
If a product owner registers his unit (s) as stolen, they get shut down, no matter where in the world they are.
;)
Nate
 

Joe Paulin

Well-Known Member
Great ideas Nate, I like them.

P.S. I believe Trimble has theft protection/ unit tracking for their products. I'm sure it is an additional cost/subscription though.
 

Nate The Surveyor

Well-Known Member
More ideas.
If your unit is stolen. Contact Javad Company. When placed on the Stolen List, let there be a few options.
Like:
1.) Email me each time the stolen unit goes online, with geographical location it was used on. And, whatever isp it came through.
2..) Send all info about the other Javad gear in use, by this user.
3.) Contact user, to let them know that they have stolen gear.
4.) Shut down all equipment in use by this user.
5.) Send info to the actual owner.
6.) Leave options open, don't get too fixed on methods, and let the "stolen from" person make calls, on what to do.
I just think DPOS has some potential to help prevent theft. Or, make it unprofitable.
N
 

Jim Frame

Well-Known Member
I agree that Javad should do whatever is possible to deactivate stolen equipment (after making sure that the "stolen" report is legit, of course), but I doubt that it'll reduce theft. Most of these thefts are opportunistic; the thief sees something he believes is valuable without knowing much about it, and takes it. He then tries to sell it -- whether through Craiglist, eBay, flea market, pawn shop or just "Pssst -- hey buddy, wanna buy a survey gizmo?" -- but only a savvy buyer would know that it may be unusable. Worst case for the thief is that he can't sell it, but he's not about to return it to the rightful owner and expose himself to the criminal justice system, he's more likely to throw it in the river.

That thief may not steal another Javad unit, but there are plenty more where he came from, so the risk is essentially unchanged. That's my cynical view, anyway.
 

Sean Joyce

Well-Known Member
Some thieves are getting more sophisticated, and know what they are stealing.
I have read that a lot of GPS equipment is sent off shore, same with stolen cell phones that end up in South America where they are rooted and re sold.


I used to work for this company in south Florida they were actually robbed of specific equipment;
 
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