The 2009 SmartWater bus was launched by Nottinghamshire Police Chief Superintendent Shaun Beebe on the 25th March 2009.

The SmartWater programme has been a great success since the program began in 2001. Over 30,000 homes and businesses across the city have had property security protected with SmartWater. There have been cases where the presence of Smartwater has been used as evidence to help secure convictions, including high profile cases where SmartWater traps have been deployed in Capture Houses and Capture Cars.

The red and yellow liveried bus shows the kinds of items which are easily protected by Smartwater like mobile phones, mp3 players, cycles, laptops and LCD TV’s etc. The bus also lists areas around the city where property has been SmartWater protected and the contact details (0115 915 3071) or click here to book an appointment online for city residents to arrange for their property to be SmartWatered, whilst reminding them that this is a FREE service.

The bus can be seen on Nottingham City Transport routes across the city for the next 12 months.



Criminals fear SmartWater and how can it forensically link them to a crime and crime scene. Nottinghamshire Police routinely test for the presence of SmartWater at custody suites, portable UV lamps are also used routinely in the detection of Stolen Property.

Chief Superintendent Shaun Beebe said:

"SmartWater is one of a range of initiatives that have been successfully deployed across the city. The Police along with Crime and Drugs Partnership have worked extensively to ensure local people are better protected against burglary.

We will continue to use all the resources at our disposal to reduce crime further and to target the criminal minority who prey on the vulnerability of others. I hope this bus will encourage even greater numbers of city residents to have their property protected with SmartWater and remind those who may be thinking of committing crime in the city to think again."