Locstat Cu

Locstat Cu is a crime and incident reporting app available for smartphones. Locstat Cu is predominantly for reporting theft of the non-ferrous metal copper, usually in the form of copper-cable. Other theft categories are available as well. Locstat Cu uses your phone’s internet connection (4G/3G/2G/EDGE or Wi-Fi, as available) to allow you to report a copper or other theft related incident that has occurred in your environment. A typical user would work for an organisation which owns and deploys large quantities of predominantly copper-cable in the public environment i.e. transmission cables owned by a utility company or a municipality.
By reporting suspicious activity, actual or attempted criminal incidents and receiving the products generated from your data inputs, your organisation will achieve Situational Awareness and Information Dominance over your environment. Locstat-Enabled organisations can, by using data, now adopt a pro-active approach to preventing and fighting crime.
Send as much information on the incident as possible through our reporting taxonomy of inputs. Upload vehicle details, images and add context and free-text descriptions.
Your report will go into the big-data storage environment and be seen, concurrently in the Locstat Live real-time interface, as it is published.

WHAT IS LOCSTAT CU?
Copper cable theft is an international problem. Countries like South Africa, the USA, the United Kingdom and Canada are particularly affected. Copper is stolen from vital services, construction sites, unoccupied buildings and farming sites. Damage to public infrastructure costs tax payers billions each year.
Locstat Cu facilitates a geospatial intelligence approach to combat copper cable theft. It empowers utilities, municipalities, buroughs and counties to take a pro-active role in the integrity and security of their copper cable network. Locstat Cu limits the haphazard deployment of finite resources over large geographical areas. This is an element that all utilities and entities have to contend with when protecting vast network assets. Locstat’s advanced incident reporting, pro-active patroller tracking and real-time geospatial and analytical framework enables local government entities and utilities to fight copper cable theft intelligently and in a predictive manner. Geospatial Intelligence approaches have proven very effective in countering this global problem.

WHO CAN USE LOCSTAT CU?
Anyone can download Locstat Cu, but you will be required to be a verified member of the contracting organisation or a contracted security provider to that organisation. Registration is controlled and follows a number of verification protocols. Once registered you can access and use the app and, if given the necessary permissions, have access to the products and services generated through Locstat.

TERMS and CONDITIONS (T&Cs):
During registration you should download and importantly read the Locstat T&Cs. These are there to protect yourself and your organisation. You cannot register without agreeing to our T&Cs. Keep a copy. Read the updates if / when they come through.

CAN I CHAT, DISCUSS SOCIAL NEWS OR COUNCIL PROBLEMS?
No. Locstat Cu is a niche crime incident reporting service, by design. No advertising or download payments.

HOW DO I USE IT?
If you have been using a smartphone and apps previously, you will find it is very intuitive and easy to use. Once registered, you will also have access to our Locstat User Guide.

REGISTRATION:
Go ahead and Register. Your application will be verified by your parent organisation.

LOGGING IN:
Once registered, you use the same username (your email address) and password (you choose this) which you used when you registered, to log-in to the app.

*Data charges may apply. Contact your provider for details. It is not a data or battery-life heavy app.

We're always excited to hear from you! If you have any feedback, questions, or concerns, please email us at: support@locstat.co.za