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AT&T warns Dallas council committee: copper theft increasingly organized; company, police forming regional working group
Summary
AT&T Global Security told the Dallas Public Safety Committee on Nov. 10 that organized thieves are stripping copper from underground manholes and that the company and police are forming a regional working group to share intelligence and improve prosecutions.
William Long, a director with AT&T Global Security, told the Dallas Public Safety Committee the company considers Dallas a hotspot for critical‑infrastructure theft and described growing sophistication among thieves who are now targeting underground manholes.
"These are large pieces of copper... they weigh a lot," Long said, and added that bad actors can remove lengths of cable "anywhere from a small 10 to 12 foot piece up to 4 or 500 feet at a time." He told members AT&T is partnering with…
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