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Def sounds like shitty behaviour from your neighbours. In terms of decreasing crime I live in Oakland in a duplex. Downstairs was empty and crooks broke in and

by nedwin 4y ago

Def sounds like shitty behaviour from your neighbours. In terms of decreasing crime I live in Oakland in a duplex. Downstairs was empty and crooks broke in and stole a bunch of stuff over several hours earlier this year. We only had a camera doorbell for our upstairs unit and I have footage of one of the crooks walking around the corner with a crowbar, seeing the camera and immediately turning around and walking away. The camera was a huge deterrent for them and I believe the only reason our upstairs didn't get broken into where we were fast asleep. We now have cameras on every door + a floodlight in the backyard.

yomkippur 4y ago
Good idea on the flood lights have you thought of night vision as well because it can become very difficult to see in low light situation. what i also suggest is play police radio. nothing scares this demographic than hearing police radio chatter describing what is happening
tomkat0789 4y ago
A middle option could be to install a fake ring camera as a deterrent without the privacy hazards.
- pwthornton 4y ago
  You could do that. The cheapest and easiest option is just to get yard signs saying that you are recording 24/7. Nest, Ring, and others sell there. There are plenty of generic ones too. If you want to use video cameras as a deterrent, you need to make sure people think you actually have them. I sometimes see people with their cameras pretty well hidden. That's not going to work as a deterrent!
  - brewdad 4y ago
    I use both strategies. I have an obvious camera on my porch pointed at my front door. I also have a camera hidden in a bush near the opposite side of the porch. Any potential troublemaker turning away from the obvious camera gives me a perfect view of their face from the hidden one.
encryptluks2 4y ago
Shitty behavior how? There is nothing illegal about recordings your neighbors driveway.
- nedwin 4y ago
  There's a difference between illegal and shitty. Shitty = you ask your neighbour not to point their cameras at your house, and they ignore you. Seems unnecessary.
  - encryptluks2 4y ago
    And so you may have a different opinion of your neighbor. They share a different opinion. Some Karen's think it is shitty for you to park in front of their house on a public street.

by nedwin 4y ago

yomkippur 4y ago

Good idea on the flood lights have you thought of night vision as well because it can become very difficult to see in low light situation. what i also suggest is play police radio. nothing scares this demographic than hearing police radio chatter describing what is happening

tomkat0789 4y ago

A middle option could be to install a fake ring camera as a deterrent without the privacy hazards.

pwthornton 4y ago
You could do that. The cheapest and easiest option is just to get yard signs saying that you are recording 24/7. Nest, Ring, and others sell there. There are plenty of generic ones too. If you want to use video cameras as a deterrent, you need to make sure people think you actually have them. I sometimes see people with their cameras pretty well hidden. That's not going to work as a deterrent!
- brewdad 4y ago
  I use both strategies. I have an obvious camera on my porch pointed at my front door. I also have a camera hidden in a bush near the opposite side of the porch. Any potential troublemaker turning away from the obvious camera gives me a perfect view of their face from the hidden one.

encryptluks2 4y ago

Shitty behavior how? There is nothing illegal about recordings your neighbors driveway.

nedwin 4y ago
There's a difference between illegal and shitty. Shitty = you ask your neighbour not to point their cameras at your house, and they ignore you. Seems unnecessary.
- encryptluks2 4y ago
  And so you may have a different opinion of your neighbor. They share a different opinion. Some Karen's think it is shitty for you to park in front of their house on a public street.