March 2006 -  NER has created a 24-hour, national ‘Stolen Equipment Tip Line’  866- NER-TIPS (866-637-8477)  which provides a way for anyone with information about stolen equipment to help combat a growing problem for equipment owners.

David Shillingford, president of NER explained that “although our primary purpose is to respond to inquiries from law  enforcement, we have sometimes received calls from  concerned citizens who have information about suspicious equipment.  These types of calls increased dramatically in 2005 and the ‘Stolen Equipment Tip Line’ is designed to encourage more of these calls and reward the caller where appropriate.”

One such call recently resulted in the recovery of nine machines, worth nearly $400,000.