Metal theft follows commodity prices, and both copper wiring and catalytic converters remain persistently attractive across British Columbia.
Why These Targets Persist: Both are quick to remove, hard to trace, and easy to convert to cash. A converter can be cut in under two minutes; copper stripping from an unoccupied building can continue for hours undisturbed.
The Sites Most Affected: Construction sites, vacant buildings undergoing renovation, utility installations, fleet yards, dealership lots and long-stay parking. All share one property — extended unattended periods.
Physical Measures Help, Partially: Cages, marking, alarms and lighting all raise effort. Determined thieves work around static measures; what they cannot work around is the possibility of someone arriving unpredictably.
Presence Is the Deterrent That Works: Randomised checks make timing impossible to plan. For fleet lots and construction sites, GPS-verified mobile patrol delivers that unpredictability at a fraction of continuous staffing cost.
Document Everything: Serial numbers, photographs, and patrol records support both police reporting and insurance recovery. Sites without documentation recover very little.
On Guard Security Ltd. patrols high-risk yards, lots and sites across the Lower Mainland with randomised timing and photographic logging. Call 778-990-5070.
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