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Success of ScrapTheftAlert.com showcased during National Crime Prevention Month (Washington, DC) – With National Crime Prevention Month concluding later this week, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) touted the spreading use of ScrapTheftAlert.com as a victory in the fight against metals theft. According to ISRI, the Voice of the Recycling Industry™, in addition to...

In fact, most associations, corporations, and interest groups regularly visit Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress to explain their issues and concerns.  Policymakers rely on this direct communication as a way to gauge constituent interest on important issues back home with voters.   As grassroots activity grew in importance, size and frequency, policymakers...

On October 20, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari (“cert”) filed by hotel owners in the city of Los Angeles who were subjected to mandatory recordkeeping and warrantless inspections of their business records.  The Court agreed to decide whether the city’s ordinance authorizing warrantless searches of hotel and...

  Participation has included information sharing on members’ efforts to work with law enforcement in the battle against metals theft, and the ScrapTheftAlert.com and StopMetalsTheft.org systems, while exhibiting at the annual conferences of the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police, California Chapter of FBI National Academy Graduates, American Society for Industrial Security,...

The number of fatalities in the waste and recycling industry increased in 2013 to 33 from 26 in 2012, and the industry moved up to the fifth most dangerous profession from sixth the previous year, according to a new government report.  Read More & Download Handouts/Sign-In Sheets