Monday, December 18, 2017

New technology helps Robertson County farmers keep criminals at bay

8:36 AM    
Farm Watch was launched within the last

couple weeks, and farmers who sign up have a special tool that helps give their expensive equipment, a fingerprint.
This makes their property easily identifiable if found in the wrong hands.
Buddy Bourne has farmed in Robertson County since 1991.
He and his crew are continually curating crops of tobacco and more, while also keeping criminals at bay.
“We occasionally had some issues with small theft, on up to larger issues,” said Bourne. “We continually would call the sheriff’s department.”
Buddy now has a new tool, a small vial of SmartWater CSI, courtesy the Robertson County Sheriff’s Office.
“We’ve had great success in reducing property crime in Robertson county, by 53 percent,” said Chief Deputy Michael Van Dyke. “We’re looking for new innovative ways to get that number to grow even more.”
Their plan is a new program called Farm Watch.
Farmers who sign up for the watch, will team up with the sheriff.