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North Shore Rescue says surveillance cameras at trailheads could help curb a recent rash of break-ins at its vital emergency equipment caches.

Volunteers discovered the latest looting Tuesday morning near Norvan Falls, at the same cache thieves targeted just weeks ago.

In all, four caches have been broken into this summer and more than $30,000 worth of gear taken.

“Frankly, we don’t have an idea of who would stoop so low as to steal rescue equipment,” NSR manager Doug Pope said. “It is shocking. It’s disappointing.”

Rescue crews have been pushing for trail cameras for years to aid in search efforts for lost hikers, and Pope said they would have helped their current theft investigation as well.

So far, no suspects have been identified.

Mounties are also investigating the break-ins, and Cpl. Richard De Jong said they’ll be considering all potential motives.

“It could be anything from revenge, grudge, just getting back at an organization. It could be a crime of opportunity, it could be a copycat scenario,” De Jong said.

Volunteers are pleading to the thieves to return the gear. In the meantime, hikers are asked to keep an eye out for anything unusual on the trails.

Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call the North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

With a report from CTV Vancovuer’s Sheila Scott