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“Most of our break-ins occur at
truck stops when they’re inside eating
“if someBody will take your load or taking a shower,” Hilton said.
what else will they take? you doN’t kNow the Thefts in public parking places
character of these people. we doN’t waNt accounted for 23 percent, and 15 per-
cent of the thefts occurred at roadside.
our drivers hurt.” Finally, 90 percent of all cargo thefts
last year took place when the truck was
—deNNis hiltoN, parked and unattended.
calark vice presideNt of safety aNd compliaNce “They look for what they can
fence,” Hilton said of potential theives.
“And the other thing is how can they
“You could have just one [theft], Last year 87 percent of all thefts get away?”
and it could be disastrous,” Hilton said. with a known location took place with- Hilton said the really sophisticated
“It’s a good topic to talk about because in unsecured parking, the FreightWatch theft operations rely on stealing the
they seem to go in patterns.” report said, with 42 percent of that whole truck and trailer, then having an
While its numbers differ, theft total happening at truck stops. 
prevention and cargo recovery provider
CargoNet also showed drops in number
of thefts (from 1,098 to 844) with an
average stolen load value of $181,681.
“I think some of this has to do
with where you run and the type of
cargo you carry,” Hilton said.
The FreightWatch reported noted
not only the value of electronics driving
up the overall amount of theft losses,
but also “increased organization and
innovation” of cargo thieves as well
as the lucrative targets loaded trailers Aon Truck Group applies Harvey Penick’s
make. common rule of golf to its advertising
The West Memphis-Forrest City strategy: “Take dead aim.” Our target
audience? The readers of the Arkansas
area thefts echo some of the national Trucking Report. Why scatter our dollars
trends. MacBooks, Tyson food products in magazines that executives don’t read?
and tires were among the items taken,
as well as 102 firearms. ATR’s readers are the people with
whom we want to develop long-term
The thefts have drawn the atten- partnerships. And it’s working.
tion of collaborating agencies the
Mark Brockinton
Memphis cargo task force, the Arkansas Managing Director
State Police, the Little Rock Office of Aon Truck Group
the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives and sheriff’s
deputies in three counties.
FreightWatch said the method
of theft has been mostly “pilfering,”
thieves breaking seals on trailers and
taking easily fenced items. FreightWatch
issued a warning to drivers and carriers
on the affected routes.
For advertising information, contact
Risk aWaReness Jennifer Matthews, publisher, at jennifer@matthewspublishing.com
“I think more and more drivers are
becoming aware of the possibility of
theft,” he said.

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