Definitely lucrative, definitely illegal, definitely dangerous.

At our church, about a year or so ago we got a pretty darn nice security system. Bells, whistles, sensors, alarms, electronic door locks, magnetic card key things (like for a hotel room), and CAMERAS. Well, it was merely DAYS after installation of this system that the secretary was sitting at her desk and happened to glance up at the 30" monitor that has all the different views of all the cameras. Well, in the east parking lot, there was a guy standing on the church's dumpster reaching up toward the electric lines running to one of our outbuildings. Called the cops and they caught him in the act of stealing our copper wire. HAHA!

They showed the cops our new security system, which they were very impressed by, and gave them a copy of the recording from the camera that caught the guy. That's pretty hard evidence if you ask me, especially considering that the cameras are 720p high-definition quality.



Anyhow, if you come across some copper wire that you can get in a legal, safe manner. Get it and scrap it 'cause it's worth some good money!