Coops Can Use GPS Technology to Fight Copper Theft

Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative recently used a global positioning device to fight copper theft.  Deputies in Pasco County, Florida used a global positioning device to find a roll of copper that was stolen from the coop’s substation.  Deputies tracked the culprits to a nearby home using a $420 GPS unit that was hidden in the $320 copper roll.  The St. Petersburg Times has more.

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