De-icing salt business moving out of Denver due to copper wire thefts

A business that sells de-icing salt said copper wire thefts have forced it to close up shop and move out of Denver.

[@Stan_in_Shelton_WA]

They want free copper, give them free lead.

[@sgtpepperz25]

I agree, some animals only respond to harsh consequences.

[@thehimself4056]

They are just making a living like everyone else

[@calfeggs]

​@@thehimself4056 They aren't making shit, they're steeling from thousands of people in the form of services not just property.

[@gomahklawm4446]

Both parties sent all the jobs overseas bc of their greed.

[@timheersma4708]

@@thehimself4056 Stop it ! It's theft ! You don't normalize that !

[@Zapruderfilm1963]

And Denver continues to circle the drain.

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@clintonreisig]

Democrats

[@gomahklawm4446]

Both parties sent all the jobs overseas bc of their greed.

[@dontask8979]

​@@gomahklawm4446 Tell us you're a liberal, without telling us you're a liberal 🤪

[@GranDio311]

That's ok, that blue state LOVES their high crime rates and now they LOVE their icy roads to slip on and go WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@Dave-my1we]

This is exactly what happens when politicians think that putting someone in prison for car theft is “too harsh”. Colorado has been “soft on crime” for years because voters elect politicians who “feel bad for criminal” but really don’t care about business owners, their workers, or citizens at large. The city and the State needs sweeping changes. It’s time to toss this political crew out.

[@charlesbabcock1530]

But it's the Democratic way...

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@frankdenardo8684]

There comes a time in a man's life when you have to grab the bull by the tail and face the situation W.C. Fields

[@shauny2285]

😂😂 ​@@frankdenardo8684

[@kinjunranger140]

I disagree. This is what happens when the voters think those things and vote in politicians.

[@RT-qd8yl]

Hopefully more businesses leave. If you want to keep voting for policies that allow things like this to continue then you also deserve to live with _all_ the repercussions of those choices.

[@clintonreisig]

yes

[@conrioakfield414]

And what policies have been made to make this legal?

[@shazrael446]

​@@conrioakfield414lack of stricter law enforcement. If you fail to enforce something it becomes de facto legal, even if it is not de jure legal.

[@skyrailmaxima]

​@@conrioakfield414 Criminalizing property law enforcement and removing property from things people are legally allowed to protect, while driving police response times so high they only ever bother show up days after because they're busy harassing motorists for profit like bandits

[@conrioakfield414]

@@shazrael446 Can you provide proof that law enforcement is lacking?

[@MS-ig7ku]

The crazy thing they often do $20k in damage for $20 of scrap metal.

[@v12tommy]

Right? I saw an add the other day for 10 lb bullion bars of copper. Curious of the price, I clicked on it. It was only slightly over $100. As much as I hear about copper thefts, I thought it would be a couple thousand at least.

[@MS-ig7ku]

@v12tommy But scrap rate is one to three dollars a pound.

[@v12tommy]

@@MS-ig7ku Even worse. That was my point. Copper really isn't worth as much as crackheads/illegals give it credit for. Even a pre-1981 copper penny is only worth about double its face value. Back when I used to run wiring to build out a new server farm, we collected the excess grounding cables we cut and it bought beer for a party one time, but all the other cabling we just trashed, because it wasn't worth the cost of labor to sort it separately. One of my coworkers thought he could give himself a bit of a bonus by going through the trash and collecting it off the clock, but he had a whole trunk full of coax and Cat 5/6, and they only gave him $42 for it. He was pissed, given the number of hours he spent collecting it.

[@MS-ig7ku]

@@v12tommy These thrives destroy expensive refrigeration units for under $20 of scrap, same with hacking up a breaker panel or worse a live water pipe flooding a building.

Socioeconomic vulture cannibalism is happening throughout America from large to small.

[@Lemmon714_]

Lead protects copper

[@DudeSweet072]

Kinda protects the lead too, until it doesn't

[@jamesclark9347]

I said the same thing on site armed security would work. A couple of well trained malinios and one armed security person.

[@MrSnivs]

sounds mean though...

[@joesharbach3883]

@@MrSnivs and that's why the issue will only get worse

[@UltraGamma25]

​@@MrSnivsThen don't steal. It's not complicated.

[@christophercarlson7221]

High crime High drug addiction High taxes High homelessness High housing cost Highest in the nation car theft! High illegal population That's why Denver is named the Mile HIGH city! A Blue utopia!

[@CALI-CALI-CALI]

IF YOU CANT STOP THE BAD GUY FROM GETTING A GUN YOU CANT STOP CRIME.

[@christophercarlson7221]

@CALI-CALI-CALI Give a good guy a gun to protect his property, and you can stop crime!

[@christophercarlson7221]

​@CALI-CALI-CALI Let a good guy have a gun and let him protect his property. You can stop crime

[@christophercarlson7221]

​@CALI-CALI-CALI You can if a good guy gets a gun!

[@christophercarlson7221]

​@CALI-CALI-CALI Give a good guy a gn and let him protect his property! You can stop crime!

[@maxasaurus3008]

If the scrapyards really can’t tell when a tweeker tries to sell them stolen copper they shouldn’t be in business.

[@barrybb5409]

They could not care less, ao long as the buy at $0.20 and sell it for $20 a pound, it could be stolen and have blood and guts all over it and theyd still buy it but demand to pay less because the blood and guts have weight.

[@zorrofox8950]

its illegals.

[@MrHurricaneFloyd]

Scrapyards are complicit in these crimes. They know damned well when scrap is stolen and give lower prices for it. They then mix it in with legit scrap and cook the books. In the region I used to live in a family associated with organized crime owned all the scrap yards.

[@DeadCat-42]

They are worse than pawn shops from accepting knowingly, scrap that's stolen. When sone crack head brings in ten catalytic converters from late model vehicles they KNOW .

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@MrHurricaneFloyd Padnos?

[@brianklamer3328]

This is what happened when Colorado adopted California politics.

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@anderander5662]

Californication of Colorado, Oregon, Washington...working on Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and Texas

[@brianklamer3328]

@@anderander5662 I know you are right and that's a damned shame for those states and the rest of the USA.

[@SilverImmortal3633]

They fckd up one state why not fck up another

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

And illegals

[@stkrrauch1]

i remember when people used to think of denver as a nice classy area

[@AztecMexicanSoldier]

Not North Denver its been cracking around her since the 80's since before that even

[@joemamaluc312]

Denver was at one time conservative, now its a liberal heII hole joing the other blue liberal heII holes.

[@mnisland7955]

countries turn into a crap hole

[@boossersgarage3239]

hahahahahahah, when was that

[@boossersgarage3239]

@@AztecMexicanSoldier true story

[@windlinewatersports]

But colorado doesnt have a crime problem?? Polis said so

[@itscalleddesign9940]

Tweakers in Nebraska are middle class, so less thefts.

[@oddy5705]

Set up rules that allows crime .... then THERE IS NOTHING TO REPORT.

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@nouseforaname6846]

Not Colorado. Just the shit cities

[@kjisnot]

He wants fake good news so he can run for pres in a couple of years.

[@wbakes]

At a boy Polis and Johnson!! Kudos to you for absolutely destroying our state capital in almost no time at all

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@CharlesJones-wi7tz]

That’s what democrats do.

[@nickg2561]

How about when you steal you go to prison to work and pay off the debt of damage in full regardless if youre a shoplifter, copper thief, or involved in bank or insurance fraud.

[@nathancawley8759]

more laws to protect the corporate oligarchs from the citizens?? Thats your solution? The problems we are having now are a direct result or corporate greed and it's interfering with government to that end. If working 40 a week still got you enough to pay for a house, car, wife, 2 kids, dog, annual vacation, and comprehensive medical/dental coverage then that what the *vast* majority of people would do. People are working 50 hour weeks and only getting 80% of what they need to rent a single fucking room and take a bus to work, of course they are gonna turn to crime. Needing to be able to eat and stay warm are very strong motivators.

[@RubyS.1]

Sounds like where i live in California last year. They where caught stealing the wire from the backup generators at the hospital. When security called police they where told to file an online report

[@karenkoe7096]

Somehow I doubt if that is policy. It was probably a lazy PD employee.

[@RubyS.1]

@karenkoe7096 Vallejo PD. Just look up English rock band robbed in Vallejo from last week they were robbed at gunpoint and told to follow online report. It's a big city with only 36 cops

[@karenkoe7096]

@@RubyS.1 The fact that they only have 36 LEOs explains why they are reluctant to send anyone out for a theft report. So short handed. Just think, that 36 is spread out over 3 shifts 7 days a week and they all get a couple of days off in there besides.

[@mnisland7955]

Wait when there's no food, no money, no power. You guys are going to be screwed

[@dumpstertelevision]

Colorado is going to flop like a dead fish come 2030

[@kinjunranger140]

I am so happy the good people of Denver have achieved the utopia they so desired. Brings a tear to my eye, tp see how happy they are in that city.

[@johnaltobello5095]

The mayor is happy..

[@scottiverson7433]

I live in Denver, all thefts have gone through the roof since this migrant thing.

[@angelainamarie9656]

Yeah you don't live in Denver and that's bs. We didn't used to have this problem because we used sand.

[@scottiverson7433]

@angelainamarie9656 let's see had the catalytic converters stolen from my truck 3400.00 to fix, door lock popped and steering column ripped apart in my van, 2 attempts to steal my motorcycle cycle, last time it was five Venezuelans pick it up and carried 100 feet toback alley where owner across the street yelled at them and saved my bike, he is sleeping in his business because of two ATM break ins

[@MilDarty]

@@angelainamarie9656 no you do have that problem, your just too left to use any logic or explanation, so let me guess these poor poor migrants held people in their apartments hostage was an AI thing and not because they did that in their own countries, but they do it here more because Denver lacks the proper intelligence and policing in their policies, but yet it’s totally okay for that because it’s “not my problem” or “it doesn’t affect me” until it does. You’re just lying and it’s very obvious. Oh and btw Denver hasn’t used sand since they started Hydro/sand fracking, it’s more efficient to use salt, but rusts out steel and iron frames on cars.

[@simonpuddles2459]

@@angelainamarie9656 🤡🤡

[@KITLEVEY]

I know, they're eating the copper, they're eating the salt !

[@wolfensteinman7978]

How about this, automatic 20years in prison for copper thieves.

[@1bobini]

@@Plutogalaxypennies are no longer made of copper since 1981.

[@Paulfrawley-y8x]

That's racist

[@missano3856]

That may be too harsh, but you could start with some penalty rather than none.

[@missano3856]

​@@Paulfrawley-y8xMy mental image of a copper thief is a white methhead.

[@sssspider]

How about this, for every pound of copper you steal, they’ll give you an ounce of lead, delivered at 1000 feet per second.

[@ronbrock6153]

Heavy regulation at the scrap centers will stop this.

[@bradbutcher3984]

Fah-Q and all our government regulations.

[@jarruddixon]

Nope just gives the state another piece of paper to fine and shut me down over,

[@ronbrock6153]

@@jarruddixon Then do not buy what you know is stolen copper, that cats off cars.

[@Steve_Smith_OFB]

​@@jarruddixonIf you run a scrap yard then you are part of the problem

[@copyprint-fz2hb]

it's not the scrappers fault ! they should have to pay , the problem is the democratic leaders failing !

[@timheersma4708]

Just spitballing here...somebody has to be accepting this copper...check them out ?

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

Why? Why not check out the actual people stealing the copper? You liberals are _weird._ You'll look everywhere, but the problem itself

[@noahboat580]

The bigger question is is how a scrapyard took all that copper, or a storage unit recording someone taking-in that much copper?

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

That's probably the smallest question. Anybody can store copper. Why aren't you more concerned with how it's actually getting stolen?

[@AWriterWandering]

@@St4rTr3v1Ut10n anyone can store copper, but only certain places have the equipment to scrap it. Scrapping that much copper should come with a paper trail. If it doesn’t, then that’s a problem.

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

@AWriterWandering Wouldn't it be easier to simply stop people from stealing the copper instead of permanent regulation and enforcement over a mundane material? Why would you take aspirin for swelling caused by an infection instead of treating the infection?

[@CharlesJones-wi7tz]

So are they supposed to call the cops? The cops don’t care.

[@ComputerKevAZ]

@@St4rTr3v1Ut10ndefund the police

[@davidws5439]

Laws needs strengthen against the thieves and the companies that buy the material. Zero breaks for 1st time affenders and very high dollar fines that must be paid or atay in jail.

[@danburch9989]

Stronger laws won't help if they are not enforced. Enforce the ones they have and apply maximum penalty without reduced sentences. That would be tax money well spent.

[@chickmcgee1000]

That’s odd, Denver is such a progressive city…

[@michaelmurphy6869]

Sounds like Denver is trying to compete with Oakland, LA, S.F for being the bluest utopia... They progressively get there..🤣

[@Joseph-ut4ui]

750 thefts and no convictions; probably no arrests and no clue as to who is responsible. No wonder the thieves keep coming back. Why don't they just leave the copper out in nice neat bundles to make it even easier?

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@sayhitosteve2785]

America is a third-world country and has been for some time. Some Americans just haven't adjusted to their new status yet.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Letting 14 million more third world types in just guarantees the US is done

[@Yuckyuck1870]

Third world country means we are not painted with the west or the eastern spheres of influence. We are still a first world country. Russia for example would be 2nd world as its eastern bloc and then countries with neither are 3rd world.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@ import the third world, become the third world

[@roymoxley2587]

I adjusted I left I’m done with the bs

[@chart461]

These people that are selling the copper need to be fingerprinted and required to tell where they got the copper from. Allow the police to check them out.

[@glass1258]

Like at a pawn shop . Fingerprints are taken and Id is taken

[@angelainamarie9656]

That is a solution.

[@angelainamarie9656]

​@@glass1258yeah I've been to a scrap yard with a friend of mine and they don't ask you anything they just weigh it and take it.

[@johnjordan7845]

Cutting Copper wire from a Transformer is Ballsy, thieves must have been wearing rubber from hand to feet. Unrelated: while in Bakersfield, California. I watched a group of about 8 Latino males cut the lock on a Shipping Container on a Union Pacific Freight train and then start unloading the contents into an awaiting Pickup; this took place around the time of the L.A. Riots.

[@HikeColorado]

I literally saw a homeless person running across the highway one morning with some copper tubing he obviously stole from some place. Then they take it to unscrupulous scrap yards for cash. That’s where all these stolen catalytic converters go as well 😡

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

Ahh yes "Big Scrapyard" colluding with.. someone.. to steal all the copper and sell it and make... 'meh' amounts of money. Genius! I swear, you liberals are no more creative than 3 kids in a trenchcoat

[@thedopplereffect00]

No citizens arrest?

[@karenkoe7096]

Yes, most of the copper theft is done by dopers.

[@BrightLights1772]

If you are unaware, in places like Venezuela and Haiti this has been a massive issue. So strange that its happening more here as of late. Wonder if there is a connection.

[@edzhead22]

it's always been popular in the US but I see your point...

[@karenkoe7096]

Where have you been, its been happening in the US for decades.

[@mtn.homeforge351]

You get what you vote for!

[@bobbyhemphill3736]

You have a copper wire theft problem because The Denver Police suck at doing their jobs.

[@AJourneyOfYourSoul]

The Denver residents always want to defund them, what do you expect. Would you like to work for a bunch of customers who hate you?

[@clintonreisig]

Democrats

[@softwarephil1709]

The problem is liberal politicians.

[@copyprint-fz2hb]

WRONG , it's the Democratic leaders tying there hands , and ya all the good cops left that shit hole called Denver

[@edzhead22]

no precogs could predict how far scrap rats will go bro

[@MrJdebest]

In Vancouver, the police made up a bunch of laws to combat metal theft. All aimed at the scrap yards that take metal. I believe that they have to drive in with the metal (no bicycles) and show ID. Also, scrap yards are carefully watched. The law makes it hard to sell scrap metal. Has reduced this crime. More, The Metal Dealers and Recyclers Act (MDRA) requires sellers to show ID, and metal dealers not to use cash for payments over $50. ** Addicts don't usually have ID or bank accounts.

[@binki611]

You get what you vote for

[@leo.girardi]

Why do I never see any stories of interviews with recyclers that KNOW they are buying stolen stuff? Are there any laws for them?

[@darthdaddy6983]

You expect a criminal to give an interview ? This isn’t politics

[@lawrencejelsma8118]

Follow the money trail. Copper thieves are most likely not working 9:00 am to 4:00 pm for suspects. They are also contractors doing low quality high priced contracts.

[@ebenezerwheezer2957]

San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland Oregon, Seattle Washington, Denver Colorado what do they all have in common??😂

[@michaelmurphy6869]

To a typical liberal they're progressive utopias, but to a sane minded person they're he*l holes.

[@thomasbrown7728]

I know it’s a terrible thing to say, shouldn’t have to do it,, BUT, that’s what business needs to do, move. Let things go to s*|].. Don’t pay taxes to a city that won’t do anything about the crime.

[@1SAM007]

Hire employees to “observe & report” during off hours.

[@southlakeowendrive]

I heard Polis has an unusually high quantity of copper wiring at his home residence. Sayin.

[@waltersobchuk-khesanh]

Imagine how many prisons could be built with even 10% of that Ukraine money?

[@alant5757]

And why does this happen? Because there are no consequences to crime in Denver.

[@armageddonready4071]

For everyone thinking the scrap yards can tell it’s stolen, these guys probably have their own foundry to melt the stuff by now. It’s not that hard to melt copper.

[@davidlilly1604]

Where would they sell the melted copper?

[@michaelgomez3044]

@@davidlilly1604 Copper pipe manufacturers.

[@NHRA_JEEP]

Americans gave a huge middle finger to liberal BS in November.

[@I-am-one]

Most states require an ID before. You can sell scrap copper for this very reason.

[@Takaride]

REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE!!!!!

[@thedopplereffect00]

😂

[@smol_yote]

You’d think insurance would pay for the damages and repairs, I wonder why he isn’t using them

[@MyHeartSpitsAtYourIdeaOfLove]

Are we ready to have the adult conversation yet? We need to figure out how we are going to pay for the policing needed, the jails that we need to house these criminals, the courts and DA's, you know- the legal mechanisms to handle this. Are we going to cut services, or are we going to raise taxes? Those seem like the only two options to me, but maybe someone has a better solution

[@marketads1]

Thank you for encouraging this old-fashioned discussion. The new style is to sling insults and feel self congratulatory if it stings.

[@kjisnot]

There was a report from KDVR recently about car thefts over the last 5 years. In true political reporting they said thefts were trending down in 2024 which is what their chart showed. The only problem is if they went back to 2015 there had been a continuous increase on car thefts from about 15k to over 25k. It also aligns with declaring Denver as a sanctuary city and the open border. Another KDVR article a few days earlier mentioned how illegals and stealing pickups then trading them south of the border for drugs to import into the US. KDVR never has the adult conversations either.

[@DaddyDRock]

Lighten the load on programs for Americans by deportation and cease funding for sanctuary cities. Step one will cause a trickle effect. Money for programs For Americans can then be used by Americans instead of people whose first actions in our country is to break the law by illegally entering the United States.

[@MyHeartSpitsAtYourIdeaOfLove]

@DaddyDRock I can appreciate that. At an anticipated cost of 88 billion per million immigrants deported, and some where between 1-20 million immigrants depending on who is talking- we are looking at 88 billion-1.6 trillion dollars. For deportation costs. Are we going to cut services, or raise taxes to pay that cost?

[@MrHurricaneFloyd]

Metal/scrap/wire theft is everywhere.

[@chrisregister8021]

This is how they get money in the countries they're from...

[@mattbosley3531]

You mean the U.S.? This isn't immigrants, this is Americans who are lazy and entitled.

[@edzhead22]

saw a guy from one such country walking down the shoulder of a road dragging a traffic light for the copper...on a pole....

[@TonyMontana-cl6hz]

Keep up the great work CO! Do better...

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@stevec404]

Some people think this is funny. Try and drive in Denver without de-icing salt for the roads. Years ago, thieves stole the outside compressor copper for my business air conditioning. They got, maybe, $100. worth of copper. It cost the landloard $6000. to replace it. I say no copper should be allowed into those places that pay for 'scrap' metals.

[@rotaman8555]

There needs to be regulation at the scrap yards to cut off the thieve’s money source.

[@UltraGamma25]

You: Govern me harder daddy.

[@rotaman8555]

@ I’m for smaller gov’t for sure, but the role of gov’t - limited as should be - is to provide for the greater good, and some protections are warranted. The alternative is to catch a few of the thieves, and enact vigilante justice. But that won’t happen without the vigilantes going to jail, so some gov’t intervention is a reasonable expectation.

[@SilverDawn168]

Gotta go after the scrap yards. 😊

[@marketads1]

Continued focus on self-interest will force the US down the drain. Leaving the community Instead of being a leader to fight this is the lowest form of American.

[@bowgibbly1]

Sometimes I can smell the odor that comes off copper wire burning. Probably some wire thief a few miles away.

[@alexissantos4820]

@@Plutogalaxyabsolutely

[@missano3856]

If you can smell it, so can the cops.

[@josephheuneman5613]

I watch KZbin i see this all over the country..

[@tomt9543]

The glove on the table @ 1:52 cracks me up! Lol

[@justinsane7128]

Blue Shitholio

[@farmcentralohio]

Who's buying all the copper?

[@rrotwang]

Ban buying copper

[@oddy5705]

Voting all blue, and believing in "Defund-Police and Jail-"abolishioners".

[@Bigfoot2025]

This is what happens when you have a strong mayor systems that runs Denver- and you don't have a strong mayor. Time to change the city charter and go with a professional city manager.

[@missano3856]

I've lived in two similar cities, one with a strong mayor system, the other with a city manager system. The mayor one was actually better run.

[@jeffdunnell6693]

Scrap yards are responsible,they are the one’s taking it

[@3mmdm32]

Old news. Ask any electrical contractor on a construction site.

[@patrick-bp4en]

democrats really have done so much good for this state!

[@mlohorn]

so bring in a dictator like humpty trumpty and lock EVERYONE up!! that will solve ALL your problems,, says members of the trump CULT!! trump is the fix for EVERYTHING isnt it?

[@eprofessio]

Legalize more drugs and go softer on crime, maybe you can create a real life Gotham City.

[@TheIZO334]

Business should be able to sue the state government for their losses due to property theft, especially when it occurs multiple times

[@William1866]

You voted for it.

[@MrCaliboy70]

LoL this is what happens when youhave weak politicians voting in by even weaker voters

[@R-U-KiddingMe]

Stop voting blue.

[@paulbigsby2387]

There’s a metal scrap business nearby that is accepting that copper without question. I know that’s a “well, duh” comment, but come on! Somebody out there knows who is doing this and is a willing participant in the thefts just from buying it! Have a conscience, people!

[@PosiP]

the wire wasn't stolen it was reappropriated

[@kh40yr]

As soon as the Reynolds Metals Aluminum smelting plant built new in Lagos Nigeria was handed over to their govt, it was immediately raided by the locals for the copper wire, and the billion dollar Nigerian invested plant was shut down before it was started. This was in about 1998. They were hacking thru bundled live 440v dist lines, with AXES!.

[@philn1601]

This is what Dem does all over the country.

[@chrisferretti7020]

Open borders, soft on crime, sanctuary city...what could go wrong? 🤷‍♂

[@kjisnot]

Nailed it. Plus a mayor and governor bent on keeping it that way.

[@Ciloverse]

At this point Denver needs the black market weed dealers to boost tax revenue

[@sd906238]

Denver you got what you voted for.

[@kkirsch3583]

Let Denver rot in its blue politics. Vote with your feet and find a sane red state!

[@truckcamper5751]

Where is the cameras install cameras

[@johnmeehan4908]

Great new immigrants working for a living! Thank you Joe and Kamala!!

[@DieselBaller420]

Gotta love sanctuary cities!!!!🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

I guarantee you this is all one or two guys, and I'd also bet money that they are on probation/parole/bail already. To the city, the freedom of criminals is more important than YOUR freedom to make an honest living.

[@jonflanagin6682]

Punish the scrap yards.

[@saltygrandpajoe6375]

There is a major problem with lawlessness . Law and order seems to offend certain folk . 🤔

[@Razorokc]

Isn't denver a sanctuary city

[@Anonymous-cr3wp]

barack ocrap must be held accountable for stealing the copper wiring from this company.

[@mrarthur9183]

The whole story was about the symptom, not one word about the disease! 🤔

[@patdough7515]

Liberal Government … ya get what you vote for!!! Liberal Governor, Liberal Mayor, Liberal DA, Liberal etc., etc., etc.

[@tunjik]

Thank you Mike Johnston for creating a vibrant Denver!!!!!

[@PaulAliceJ]

Sounds like you need a new police dept. or put a Krispy Kreme next to the theft locations.

[@softwarephil1709]

The problem is liberal politicians.

[@jimfar2008]

Los Denverles.

[@elcajoia619]

Just Vote Harder!

[@smallcoffee75]

I wonder what changed in the last 9 months to see such a huge surge in copper thefts across the City. It was my understanding that for a large city Denver's crime rate has always been extremely low.

[@Heavenlydaz]

You must have drank the blue kool aid!!

[@missano3856]

​@@Heavenlydazwoosh

[@valerieSMITH-l7e]

Gee who’s in Denver stealing….. most likely people who are NOT legal

[@StormLaker]

Copper and Catalytic converter theft got so bad in our area that the local metal recycler yard takes your picture along with photocopying your id along wtih providing proof of where you got any form of metal. It caught me off guard when I took in a bunch of old auto body parts I had sitting around my garage.

[@jamesclark9347]

Hiring on site armed security would work

[@martinwinther6013]

Change the wire to aluminium. Not same conduction-properties, but close enough for highvoltage power. It have solved most issues here in denmark where coppertheft have been a HUUUGE problem. We rely on our public transportation, and the companies must provide buses as alternative until the lines has been fixed. Go alu, and/or make sure the copperwire is attached properly so the thieves cant just detach one end and pull everything out with a truck. They might get away with a cpl yards, but its not enough to make the theft worth it. theyre still risking lifes on the highpower lines, and theyre facing somewhat severe punishment if they get caught. I dont recall last time we had coppertheft from infrastructure.

[@plaid13]

Hey vote blue no matter who right?

[@MartinsChanny]

I was at a conference in downtown Denver a few months ago. Wow, I was shocked how bad it was. I was in San Juan a week later, and it was spotless in comparison