Shock 'em if they try to steal your copper! The Rancho Cordova City Council voted last night to draft an ordinance allowing business owners to put up electric security fences that will zap would-be copper thieves. As CBS-13 reports, barbed wire fencing isn’t cutting it, guard dogs haven’t worked, and neither have security systems.

It’s a split-second jolt designed to make criminals bolt. What’s the shock feel like? “It’s a memorable experience,” an electric fence manufacturer said. It’s one designed to force criminals to make a run for it before they can steal. Now, you’d expect the company that makes the fence to call it “incredibly effective.”

The City Council agrees. Council members granted unanimous approval to pass a new ordinance making these currently illegal fences legal in their city.


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