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i'y aP~tne l., 2f9(3~. Sh.e noted that she has had disc,ussicans with the i:egal ,~epartflnent a~~d as a result the draft s[s~3st.it.ute Biil includes cl~ang~es sttoh as not recl~.tirin.g sttc,l~ infortxtati.on fr~n~ persons ~~~h© cota~e ire with just altatnincttn carts or slit cants, '1,he holding tines have heert tnodied to three (3;~ da.ys if 13ttsirtesses a~avc coti-tpatibl.e ct>n7ptzter softrv~are (sin~ti.lar to the provisions wh.i~l~ have l~eert working very well witft pawt~shola dealers or severs 4,"7) da~15 if they do rt~t :have such soit~~~are,. She noted t'rta# it1 light o#` #11e upcor~ting retnarlks i'rosn trtetnbers of the Police l~epartn~ent and the rc;port earlier sutnrrtarized 6y C octncil lrltc:~er Dieter of the growirD~= alutniztun~ artd copper thefts that. #ttere is a rational basis for the proposed regulations. She added that she has researched csrdia~anee in several ether c€rrntn.unities sucFt as Chicago, Tr,ntpe, Phoenix, artd '~"ucsort ,just tc~ tta~ne a fe~~~. Slte noted that Chicago is crtrrc~n#:l y. considering art ~~rclinartce for all. brtsi:rtesses opened for 12 consecutive hours o~ gore to have video surveillance catxteras., and noted that sample prieit-t€~ in this area. is a#taclrted to her tnenlorandtzrt~. Slue added that other conttrtrtni#ies are experier~cit~g ~nanhol.e covers ~Seirt~= stolen arid. therefore she recorntnet~ds that l~ofh ferrous artd Mort-ferrous Metals he regulated. She sees the proposed. regcElatiorts as another erzforcetnent tc~c~l for the police departt~tent and a reasonable 1~teans oflicensirrg t5~r persons rvhcs wish to dc~ iirtsiness in this area. She noted that recyclirxg is a valuable service ~tnd that the proposed regctlati~ns atte.txt.pt to balart.ce the husiness cot~cerrts with the public; safety c~oncert~s of the coi~rnunity. Sergeant Scott Bryant of the South bend Police Department rioted that he is known as the "pawn guy' and worizs olosely with pawn shop owners. lie lzas noticed a laxge amount of theft of ~,~ettters, wire, pipes, etc. ~'~s a result ©f this drarrtatic increase he contacted Council IVlen~tber Dieter. }-(e noted that o~~et~ ~"S,flC3fl worth of siding is taks;n when tl~e c-ost of labor to replacL it is in~iLZC€ed and "~~ts scr~tne:d r,~~tt l'ot• ~`?{~fl. Ser~eat~t .lathes i~aish of the South B~;nd Polio Depat~tment stated that he irtvesiigt~tes metal/copper at2d missing metals. 1-~e Noted that often the theft is not the biggest expense t~cGt when added to the labor and the increased cast of insurance. it becomes very e;~pertsive. in son~te instances irtsurat~ce will not cover such. losses. ~;opper pipes are hot .items at~tcl too ol`ten sctch. thefts frog hones axe taking place where tlr~.y rip the copper pipes out and leave the water ru~nirtg and shits causing c~nsideral~le drtina;.~e. I-le has seers sit~aatic~ns where people l~tave brokc,n downs plaster walls to get #o copper pipes and rviri.ng. tle ~~oted that the rtt,ttnher of btrrglarics invo(virtg thefts at residential c~ cot~~tnereial locations total. 8405 so fa.r this year. 'i'he percentage of theists of aitttnirtt.ttn sidir~sg from residential units is up 2flfl°,~~; residential lance-Hies arc; up 2Sf3s'fo artd cotntnercial larcenies are rip 3(3(?"/a. 1-€e nested that these are just tl~e reported oases to the South BeE~d #'oliee Departtnes~t. He added that copper the°fts are up 3~Osiis. Bales of copper wires have t~seen #aken. ~'otts~cil Nierrtl~~r Dieter nested that he is aware: of situatiort.s where insurance dates have dos.tiiled as a result of such loss, and its outer cases srrcl-t theft and dat~~agu to tl~e structure wore not covered ley it3sLlrartCe. Sgt 1~Ialsh t~soted that the proposed ordinance ~voulcl gri;atly assist the police departtnettt, especially the proposed holding periods which are proposed. logs, records arsd 11's should r~cst be; a prol~lerrt if tlae transaction is ie~,~i#it~tate. t-te added that tl'te reeard keeping ~~~ould help tl~e depar#naent get gooel leads on such cases. hlj3i~ah ~7.2UE}G iie~1tl~ a~Zii 1'ut~lic ti~1'~t~~ Conzn~im:c of tl~G ~€~~IE7 Suet!? 3cn~C~nzi~a'nc~~ C uruvc.il -~~~3-~ « ~~~' h -