Forensic marking scheme to be rolled out across Derbyshire to protect farmers from rural crime

Derbyshire Constabulary said they had undertaken successful trials in Bolsover and would now introduce the scheme across the county

Police have confirmed they will roll out a high-tech property marking system across Derbyshire to help protect farmers and rural communities.

Derbyshire Constabulary said it will launch a county wide property marking system using technology from the Construction Equipment Security and Registration Scheme (CESAR) - established in 2007 to help identify stolen machinery - and ‘Datatag' - security system suppliers and partners of the CESAR scheme - across the whole of Derbyshire this year.

Police said they had undertaken successful trials in Bolsover and would now introduce the scheme to a further six authorities in the Derbyshire region.

The system uses electronic transponders - hidden inside vehicles -which possess a unique identification code and tamper resistant label warning read by a hand-held scanner used by police.