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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.

PRODUCT INFO

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.

Recent Recovery Stories

MOST RECENT RECOVERY

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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.

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.

14 Oct 2024
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2 Oct 2024
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Received a call from police officer, from Le Mesa, San Diego who had a gentleman in custody with a HP Chromebook with our STOP ID plate ID on his possession. Person claimed that he rented it from the Library who owned the device. Reached out to the library for confirmation if the device was rented from them. Recovery in process.

30 Sep 2024
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We received a call today from a Adrian, a Target employee who found a Chromebook with a STOP Security Plate S ID# in the back of the sales room floor at a Target Store location in Aventura, FL. Contacted the local library in Miami for owned the device and provided them with STOP ID# information. The library and Target employee were able coordinated a recovery for the Chromebook.

27 Sep 2024
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Received a call from an employee at a consulting and technologies company. They informed me that they received a laptop that was shipped to them inadvertently and are holding it for future instructions. Based on the STOP security plate ID#, was able to contact a large financial services company to report the incident. Company informed me they will work with consulting firm to recover laptop.

27 Sep 2024
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We received a call yesterday evening from a good Samaritan who found a local school laptop with a Security Plate Stop ID# on the street in the Bronx, Using the stop ID we contacted the school to inform them of the found laptop. Per the school, the laptop was gifted to the student upon graduation and has been decommissioned. Locating former student in process.

26 Sep 2024
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Good Samaritan contacted STOP yesterday to advise us that a STOP-tagged Dell Laptop was found in the woods of Washington, DC. Per the STOP ID information, contacted a large waste management company and provided them with contact info. Device recovered.

20 Sep 2024
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A good Samaritan found iPad on the street in Rochester, NY with the STOP Security Plate. Using the STOP ID confirmed it belonged to a children's center. Working with the center's admin to recover the iPad and return to the end user. The children center advised us that they will work with the patron to recover the iPad.

19 Sep 2024
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We received a call from an employee at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Northwestern Medicine) Chicago campus who found a Lenovo ThinkPad in a classroom. Using the STOP ID#, we contacted the laptop administrator who is in the process of recovering the device.

17 Sep 2024
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Received an online chat from a gentlemen located in Troy, MT. He had recently purchased a laptop with a STOP Security Plate from a seller on eBay. He requested confirming the device was not stolen and is free & clear from the original company.

12 Sep 2024
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A good Samaritan found a computer in a road intersection with a STOP ID plate. He contacted STOP who identified the laptop belonged to a treatment center. Stop reached out to treatment center IT Director with details and was able to confirm end user. Recovery process is underway.

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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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