South Africa's largest register of valuable possessions. With the Police, DOODAD helps combat property crime and repatriate lost or stolen goods.
DOODAD is South Africa's first asset register of possession ownership details, and forms a very effective tool in helping to reduce crime and repatriate recovered personal property to its rightful owners.
DOODAD can be used by members of the public and businesses to register their valued possessions or company assets, and exclusive to DOODAD all account holders registered items and ownership details are viewable on the Police national property database the SAMPR.
This online checking service is used thousands of times each day by SAPS forces to trace owners of lost and stolen property.
As a direct result of DOODAD there are hundreds of cases a week where property is returned or information collected that assists the Police in investigating criminal activity involving stolen goods.
DOODAD is also the only ownership registration service supported by all South African Police forces.
History
The DOODAD system was setup in 2008 and has had the support of the Police, mobile phone industry and government since it's inception. With the support of these and numerous other organisations the DOODAD service has grown to hold details of over 1 million items of property.
How is DOODAD so popular? I'd not heard of it until now!
Although DOODAD has been operation for over 7 years, the free nature of the service means advertising budgets are all but nonexistent.
However the ongoing support of Police and government departments who hold crime awareness events, plus the efforts of retailers which offer free registration as a benefit at the point of sale, have helped make DOODAD the largest service of its kind in the world.
Why do the Police support DOODAD?
For the Police, the free DOODAD property registration service is a very powerful tool in the fight against crime. DOODAD along with many other information sources is linked directly to the Police SAMPR (South African Mobile Property Register). The SAMPR allows officers to search the serial numbers of recovered goods or suspected stolen property and then take action accordingly.
The power of the combined DOODAD/SAMPR system is best demonstrated by way of an example:
A Police patrol indentify an individual acting suspiciously near a carpark often targeted by thieves. They perform a stop and search on the individual and find the suspect to be carrying several mobile phones and MP3 players. They radio through the serial numbers of the devices to their control-room that search the numbers on the SAMPR.
The results come back instantly; two of the phones were reported as stolen via DOODAD only a few hours earlier. The suspect is arrested and taken to the station for interview. The possession of the stolen phones gives reasonable grounds for the Police to search the suspect's home where they find numerous items, which again are checked on the SAMPR.
The searches reveal several more items that are associated with crimes, one of which was involved a serious assault providing the team investigating the assault with a fresh lead to pursue.
The above example is purely fictitious, but is typical of the way in which registering property on DOODAD can quickly lead to results for the Police, thus helping to reduce the attractiveness of property crime.
To learn more about the SAMPR please go to: www.sampr.co.za
How is DOODAD funded?
Registration on DOODAD is provided to users free of charge. Registering the first item on DOODAD is free, and R20.00 is charged for every other item. Users registering items on the DOODAD secure database enjoy the benefits of DOODAD Lost & Found Return Service for the whole year. The property registration service is operated by RU HAUS, who also operate several other services including Police systems such as the SAMPR, the CheckPORT and the loss reporting system ReportMyLoss.
DOODAD receives no funding, it is primarily supported by revenue derived from sales of DOODAD Tags that are available via the website. To avoid doubt we wish to emphasise that RU HAUS, the provider of DOODAD, does not sell or rent your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes. Please read our privacy policy for more detail. Any queries regarding the service or data should be directed to our support team.
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