2024-09-01 09:23:15
In recent days, a worrying phenomenon has been spreading: telephone lines and the internet have been cut off in several communities, including the Jardins d’El Menzah area, due to the theft of copper cables.
These crimes are increasing in some urban areas, putting residents who are tired of no longer being able to use the telephone network and the Internet in distress. Especially since these thefts have become a daily pain for operators. Recently, a resident of the Jardins d’El Menzah neighborhood surprised a little boy by cutting the cables with scissors. The boy, arrested by the residents, confessed that his father encouraged him to commit these thefts. Despite the arrest of the father, these acts of vandalism continue to spread in this neighborhood and elsewhere.
What solutions are there? To these vandals?
Faced with the outbreak of this phenomenon, the authorities should strengthen surveillance in the most affected areas, install security cameras and increase police patrols, so a sectoral agreement can be signed between security forces and operators to reduce such vandalism. In addition, awareness campaigns should be carried out on social networks and through television or radio programs to make people aware of the criminal and social consequences of such actions. It is also important for telecommunications operators to strengthen the protection of cables to ensure their installation, such as by burying them or using materials that are less attractive to thieves. It is also important that the authorities in the fight against this scourge should take action to encourage citizens to report any suspicious behavior and take strict measures against anyone who dares to commit these criminal acts, why not conduct DNA analysis to identify thieves, as in developed countries.
We must also consider the alternative, viz. Replace the existing installation with fiber optic. This operation has been It has already started, but it should be extended to the whole territory. As a result, the connection via copper wire will be automatically terminated.
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