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STOP Security Plates

Effective theft prevention, asset management and equipment recovery.

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STOPMonitor

End-to-end administration, security and tracking for computer assets.

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Laptop and mobile theft prevention and recovery.

From single users through the enterprise, the fully-integrated, comprehensive security approach to cost-effective asset management and protection.

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MOST RECENT RECOVERY

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5 Nov 2024
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Received a call from Amy at FedEx Services, Package Research & Recovery in Salt Lake, UT. They have a package that has lost its shipping information while in transit. The package contained a HP laptop with the STOP security plate ID#. Contacted company
that owns the laptop and they confirmed they are in the process of recovering the device.

5 Nov 2024
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A good Samaritan from Minneapolis school district tech found an ASUS C214M Chromebook STOP ID# which may have been collected during the Covid collection they had a few years ago. Contacted the International School who owned the device with information to recover. In process.

4 Nov 2024
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A good Samaritan from a found a Dell Latitude laptop with a STOP Security Plate ID at an Accenture military event in Austin, TX. Contacted the admin at a military credit union who owns it with the finder’s information. Admin providing pre-paid shipping label to recover laptop.

1 Nov 2024
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1 Nov 2024
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A good Samaritan dropped off a Dell laptop with a STOP Security Plate ID# that was found at the outpatient pharmacy. It was left with the Safety and Security | Portland Medical Center lost & found in Oregon. Reached out to the STOP admin for a community college via email with the details. They responded informing me the recovery is in process.

31 Oct 2024
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Good Samaritan contacted STOP today to advise that she found a STOP-tagged Microsoft Notebook at Smart Living at Cypress Creek Apartment Homes in Houston, TX. It was found tossed on the property, along with an empty purse; most likely stolen and abandoned once they saw the STOP plate. Spoke with admin of the hospital that owned the device and are in the process of coordinated the recovery.

30 Oct 2024
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Chicago Hospital janitorial staff found the laptop in an employee change room. Contacted the hospital IT admin using the STOP Security Plate ID# to confirm end user to recover laptop. Recovery in process.

29 Oct 2024
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Gentleman purchased 16 Laptops from an auction in Washington that had STOP Security Plates. Contacted the university to confirm devices free & clear from school. Informed end user that laptops were decommissioned and provided him with instructions to register devices.

28 Oct 2024
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I received a call from Shontaria located in South Carolina who recently purchased an HP Chromebook with a STOP Security Plate ID. I wanted to confirm this laptop is free & clear or retired from the school district so she can register this in her name. Confirmed Chromebook retired from school.

22 Oct 2024
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Received call on the 24/7 Recovery Hotline from Good Samaritan that found a laptop with STOP ID# in Palm Beach, FL. Contacted laptop, large credit union admin with device details. The gentlemen agreed to ship the laptop back to the bank via the prepaid FedEx shipping label.

18 Oct 2024
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Received a call from a good Samaritan at Boston College Law School that he found an IBM ThinkPad laptop in their Audio-Visual Dept. Per the STOP ID Security Plate ID#, was able to confirm the company that owned the device. Contacted the company with the finders contact info. The company IT admin reached out to the finder this morning and is returning to rightful owner in person.

16 Oct 2024
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A good Samaritan located in Connecticut found a backpack leaning against her car at her apartment complex parking lot. The backpack contained an HP Chromebook with a STOP Security plate. Using the Plate ID# was able to contact the administrator for the local board of education and confirm the end user. The admin will contact will contact the person holding the laptop to recover. Recovery in process.

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What They’re Saying

My laptop was stolen when my car was burglarized as my wife and I were passing through Oklahoma City. The crooks took everything we had in our backseat. Fortunately, I had affixed a STOP Plate when I originally purchased my laptop. After I had discovered the burglary, I called STOP to report my laptop stolen. Not more than an hour later, I received a phone call from STOP (Brad) informing me that the perpetrators had discarded my laptop when they discovered the STOP Plate. Someone had found my laptop and called the number to report the laptop found. Brad gave me the person's contact info and I was able to get in touch and retrieve my laptop. I was ecstatic because the laptop was the most expensive item that was stolen and the information on the hard drive was very important to me. The STOP Plate really works and I plan to recommend it to my friends. Thank you STOP for providing the great service! - Nicholas (End User)
Since implementing the STOP solution, the loss rate of our laptops dropped from an average of three per year to zero. We haven't experienced a single loss since the introduction of your product. The STOP plates proved to be an easy solution to a costly problem. - Keith Rickles - Regional IT Manager - Lehigh Cement Southern Division
We are very pleased thus far with the STOP program. We intend to continue to use the product and expand upon it… Please feel free to add us to your website client list. - Gregory M. Steeber - Technology Coordinator - Belle Vernon Area School District
STOP is working well for us. STOP along with other procedures implemented has eliminated theft and loss. Our users have become intimidated by the plate and therefore respect the equipment and the policies. It's been great. - Pat Hansen - Director of Information Technology - Marymount Manhattan College
After experiencing laptop thefts from our offices, we turned to STOP to remedy the problem. We hoped that putting the STOP Security Plate on our equipment would make them less likely to be stolen. The number of thefts dropped to zero shortly after installing the plates on 2000 laptops. It really is a visible deterrent. - Robert Doyle - Project Leader - UST Inc.
You guys are fantastic. Everything has gone so smoothly and you nearly bent over backwards for me. Thanks so much for everything - you are a perfect example of wonderful customer service. - Chad M. Stone - Information Technology - Lehigh Cement Company
No laptop should be without one. - Simson Garfinkel - as quoted in Web Security, Privacy & Commerce with Gene Spafford, published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Good news... my laptop was returned! My friend said the laptop reappeared in his suite. I have to conclude the thief chickened out on the laptop due to the STOP Security Plate, but kept the cords and such because none of it had any kind of identification. I cannot thank you enough for your help. Truly, STOP saved a lot of important files and also my personal sanity. It was among the best 25-dollar purchases I've ever made. - Abe Riesman - Student - Harvard University
The STOP Team is Awesome! I wanted to give a big THANKS for helping us with setting up our registration database as well as the great support that you've always given us. Thanks a million to Isabelle & Doug. - Dao Khemthongsengsay - Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
I am a true believer in STOP. - Lyne Denis Investigator – Preventionist Concordia University Montreal, Quebec Canada
Used with other means of security, such as stealth tracking software or file encryption and/or password and biometrics authentication, STOP could be the final element to an agency's security system. - www.fcw.com Side bar - STOP Laptop Theft
Thanks a million! You guys really are the best. - Chelle Hollingsworth - ProSys Information Systems [An Authorized STOP Partner/Reseller]
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News

How to secure your laptop PC
27 Sep 2013

By Jacqueline Emigh

"Another alternative is to attach a security plate to the laptop, so as to squelch the resale value of a stolen PC. STOP Security Plate, for instance, is a metal warning plate that affixes to a laptop using Very High Bond (VHB) adhesive. It features a chemically bonded tattoo beneath, stating "Stolen Property," along with high visibility stickers..."

CSUN now sells S.T.O.P. plates in Matador Bookstore to prevent theft
8 Sep 2013
By Michael Arvizu 
 
CSUN Police Department (PD) is selling Security Tracking of Office Property (S.T.O.P.), a theft deterrent plate for electronic devices, for the first time ever in the Matador Bookstore. 
Since S.T.O.P.’s inception in 2006, the plates were only available for purchase at PD headquarters and at the campus police substation on Zelzah Avenue adjacent to campus. 
 
Department of Public Safety & Oregon State Police
21 Apr 2013
STOP tags are tamper-proof security plates with a barcode and indelible tattoo. The tags are pre-printed with information that ownership of the property is permanently monitored.
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