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Columbia Police offer free engraving for valuables

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 12:01 a.m. CDT; updated 9:39 a.m. CDT, Thursday, March 18, 2010

Tom Seeger engraves an iPod at the Columbia Police Department's mobile command post on Tuesday. The Columbia and MU Police Departments came together to raise awareness about engraving valuables with identifying information. With recent thefts in the south Columbia area, Columbia police is taking steps to help people protect their valuables.   ¦  Colleen Lefholz

BY Colleen Lefholz

On Tuesday, the Columbia Police Department offered few engravings of valuables such as iPods to raise awareness about being responsible for such items. 

An iPod is engraved with a driver's license number by Tom Seeger in south Columbia on Tuesday. Free engravings were available to raise awareness about being responsible for valuable belongings. If engraved with identifying information and recovered by the police, the item can be returned to the owner.   ¦  Colleen Lefholz

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