Cable guides
RAILPOL
The Italian Railway Police (POLFER), together with RAILPOL, has been tackling metal theft for many years. They have noted that more and more metal theft is a work of organised crime groups. Therefore POLFER and RAILPOL have issued requests to all EU Police Forces to unite.
The Copper E-book was created to encourage transnational collaboration. The aim is to:
- Allow individuals to identify copper cable used by European railway companies
- Enable police officers to recognise the origin of the copper found
- Warn potential buyers that the goods may be suspect
This is the first step towards transnational cooperation between EU police forces in the European Railway environment.
Other cable guides include:
British Transport Police has produced a Rail Cable and Metal Identification Guide to help police identify cable which belongs to Network Rail. Please click here to download the guide.
BT Openreach has produced a Cable Identification Booklet to make it easier to identify cable which belongs to BT. Please click here to download the booklet.
