Award Established to Honor Police Efforts in Recovering Stolen Equipment
November 3, 2004—Three organizations have come together to establish an award that will honor a law enforcement officer or agent who has “performed exceptional service to the rental industry through the recovery of rental equipment or through theft prevention initiatives. The American Rental Association (ARA), ARA Insurance Services (AIS) and the National Equipment Register (NER) will present the ARA Insurance Services/NER Award each year at The Rental Show. A grant of $1,000 will also be awarded to the winning officer's department to support equipment investigations.
The award has been established as part of the partnership between ARA and NER. The partnership allows ARA members to register mobile equipment on NER's national database at no charge. ARA members may nominate officers who have helped them combat theft locally in 2004. A five-person panel of ARA, AIS and NER management will decide the winner.
David Shillingford, president of NER, noted the exceptional efforts that officers who investigate equipment make. “We get calls from officers at two in the morning who are in the middle of a field with a flashlight and a screwdriver looking at a type of machine that they have never seen before. These efforts often go unnoticed and this award is a way of honoring and thanking those that make this effort. We already have a number of officers that we will nominate for the 2004 Award.”
The first award will be presented at ARA's The Rental Show to be held at the
