Systems and methods for preventing theft of valuables from protected compartments

Abstract

A theft prevention system is capable of filling an interior of a protected compartment (e.g., an armored vehicle, a vault, a safe, etc.) to prevent access to the interior of the protected compartment and/or to encapsulate contents of the protected compartment upon detection of a threat. Such a theft prevention system may include a threat detection element capable of monitoring an area within which the protected compartment is located for indicators of a threat to the vault and/or its contents (e.g., audible signals, visual signals, physical actions, etc.). Upon detecting a probable threat, the threat detection element may cause an encapsulant dispersal system to introduce an expandable encapsulating material into the interior of the protected compartment to prevent limit to the interior of the protected compartment and/or to prevent contents of the interior of the protected compartment from being removed therefrom. Theft prevention methods are also disclosed.

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