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TUSD working with Tucson police after rash of computer thefts

A rash of thefts at Tucson schools has prompted the Tucson Unified School District to team up with police.

In a matter of two months, a combined 64 laptops and 25 digital cameras have been stolen from Tucson High Magnet School and Cholla High Magnet School.

The estimated cost to replace the computers at Tucson High alone is $62,000. Replacement computers for those lost at Cholla is estimated at $14,000.

The digital cameras, which were taken from Tuscon High, were worth nearly $7000.

While the district has employed strategies including video surveillance and a lights out pilot program, TUSD officials say they simply don’t have enough resources to safeguard all of their school campuses.

Anyone with information on the thefts is urged to call 88-CRIME or the TUSD school safety unit at 584-7676.