All I know about this is what I have copied and pasted below. Shawnee, Kansas is part of the metroplex generally referred to as Kansas City. Shafer, Kline & Warren is the company that has been hit.
A Trimble S-6 stolen at 87th and Renner Blvd in Shawnee Ks yesterday. If you have any information on this please call
Lee (Tuff) Hermreck, P.S.
Team Leader, Civil Survey
Direct: 913.307.2536
Cell: 913.927.5172
I'm always curious about the circumstances of thefts like this, and whether or not the simple, easy-to-implement theft-deterrent practices that I generally employ would have worked.
Jim Frame, post: 354947, member: 10 wrote: I'm always curious about the circumstances of thefts like this, and whether or not the simple, easy-to-implement theft-deterrent practices that I generally employ would have worked.
I have only heard of one instrument theft here recently where the instrument was set up and unattended. Most thefts I can remember were from the vehicle it was stored in.
We should all keep a rabid pit bull leashed to the equipment...
paden cash, post: 354949, member: 20 wrote:
We should all keep a rabid pit bull leashed to the equipment...
Maybe hire a retired surveyor to babysit the equipment?? 
Early in the days of GPS one of the lads I graduated with scored a job in coastal Thailand baby-sitting a gps unit and changing its batteries.
Sitting on a tropical beach all day - a plum job you might think.
But no, apparently it got boring after a couple of months - and he was well and truly over it by the end of his 12 month contract
Clearly a no-nonsense individual staying appropriately hydrated with my all-time favorite scattergun, the model 12. Exactly what I would like all would be thieves to stare down as they make their decision.
Steve
These are some sort of hard plastic things called Peggy Pegs.
If you had a lithium ion 20 v screw gun, and little nylon straps mounted to the tripod legs, down by the feet, you could screw down the 3 legs. This could serve a number of purposes. One of which, is to make the setup more windproof. And, with the grab and dash type of theft, and a mechanism, to keep them from unscrewing the inst from the top, it could make theft take alot longer. I was going to get some, and try it, this week, but my computer failed, and I have been overly occupied, with getting that back.
They also come in aluminum.
Here are the http://www.amazon.com/Peggy-Peg-sardine-Aluminium-Screw-/dp/B002BW2GES/ref=sr_1_11/188-7929924-9950268?ie=UTF8&qid=1453831948&sr=8-11&keywords=screw+in+tent+stakes&apos ;">Aluminum ones.
I think it is a good idea, but I have non tried it yet.
N