Solution to lost keys

28 May 2012

A Suffolk Police scheme can find your lost or stolen keys, whilst supporting local charities.

As a new additional service to Suffolk SAFEKey’s existing keyholder database provision, the new key fob recovery service means that members are issued with key fobs, featuring the force crest and a unique identifying number.

People who find lost keys with the Suffolk SAFEKey fob are encouraged, through a £10 finders fee, to hand the keys to the police or send them to a secure postal address. Allowing for the keys to be returned to their rightful owner.

Whilst the service is called Suffolk SAFEKey, members of the scheme will be covered for lost keys anywhere in the UK and EU.

Chief Constable Simon Ash said “We have thousands of keys handed in at police stations across Suffolk that, despite our best efforts, can’t be reunited with their rightful owner.

“From the equivalent of just £1 a month this additional service through Suffolk SAFEKey will help increase the likelihood of us getting your keys back to you.

“Suffolk SAFEKey has been established for four years primarily as a keyholder database. Although the Keyfob recovery is an additional service, there is no increase in cost to subscribers of the service.”

David Ross, Managing Director of Keycare Ltd added: “We’re very pleased to be offering this service with Suffolk Constabulary. Keycare Ltd has been operating for over 35 years, and in this time we have seen the increase in the cost of replacing lost house, car keys and replacement locks.”

Whilst there is a charge for joining this service, starting from £1 a month, any money generated above that required to operate Suffolk SAFEKey will support the Constabulary’s charitable arm, the ‘Safer Suffolk Foundation’. The Constabulary’s charity aims to support projects and organisations that look to address policing, community safety and quality of life issues for those people living and working in Suffolk.

“Schemes like Suffolk SAFEKey are vital to funding the work of the Safer Suffolk Foundation. Since its launch in 2008, the Constabulary’s charity has raised a staggering £109,063 which has supported local schemes and projects”, said Mr Ash.

Stephen Singleton, Chief Executive Officer for the Suffolk Foundation said: “As the Suffolk Foundation helps administer the Constabulary’s charity, assisting with identifying those projects within Suffolk that would benefit from funding, we see firsthand the impact the money from the Constabulary has on Suffolk’s local communities. The opportunity to increase this funding through the Suffolk SAFEKey service is something we support.”

To join Suffolk SAFEKey, visit the SAFEKEY website or call 08444 121802.