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Operation SelectaDNA: Randwick Park

06 Aug 2013

We launched SelectaDNA on the first of September 2009. It’s a reminder of how time slips by so quickly when you are consumed with such a fast paced, varied environment such as working here at SelectaDNA.

2015 Auckland Council

16 Dec 2015

OVER 500 theft victims are benefiting from the latest crime prevention property-marking initiative, which aims to reduce burglary and deter theft across the Auckland region.

2015 BNZ Safer Schools

15 Dec 2015

The successful BNZ Safer School Programme continues in 2015. Now in its fifth year, the Programme has been hugely successful in reducing and preventing crime in 12 districts, covering the North and South island.

Lights shine at Hamilton Central

23 Aug 2013

Every offender at Hamilton Central Police Station will be put under the spot light. Hamilton Central will be the first station in New Zealand to install large UV lighting equipment. It’s a move that follows in the footsteps of UK Police forces that hav

DNA Kits for Schools

20 Aug 2013

Source: Southland Times DNA has long been a staple of science textbooks but will now be used to protect valuable equipment in Southland schools.

Z expands its ability to keep its customers and people safe

07 Aug 2013

Z is trialling an invisible liquid “DNA” that they hope will deter would-be robbers, making sites even safer for service station staff and customers.

Schools to get crimebusting DNA kits

12 Aug 2011

North Shore Community Problem Solving Team Sergeant Sunny Patel with Birkenhead College head boy Simon cox (17) and head girl Sze Looi Chin (17) at the launch of the BNZ Safer Schools Programme.

Stopping burglary in Waitakere Schools

02 Dec 2010

Summerland School Principal Luke Sumich hopes that the use of SelectaDNA on his school property such as the new iPads will decrease the frequency of burglary.

Manurewa stands up to school theft

03 Aug 2010

Schools across Manurewa in Counties Manukau today stand up to would be thieves by using SelectaDNA Property Marking Kits to mark property throughout their schools. The initiative coordinated by Police and funded by the Manukau City Council will see all 3

The art of making kids more aware of safety

15 Jul 2013

ART THAT GLOWS: Castlecliff School students, from left, Carrie Rennie, Tyrone Apiata-Tyson and Ella-Cruz Smedley try out the fluorescent paint for the Safe as Houses project, with the Puriri Policing Team Mark Stroud and Vaughan Patching.

Shop puts light on theft

12 Jul 2013

MARKED: Constables Sumita Rhodes (left) and Mark Stroud, with Cash Converters manager Damian Hall. PHOTO/STUART MUNRO Shining a UV light on goods that come across the counters of Wanganui second-hand businesses or into scrap metal dealer yards is anoth

Burglary victims to be given ID packs

11 Jul 2013

Source: Eastern Courier