We had a bit of mailbox vandalism a while back. Some folks took to
really robust installations with trash can type plastic boxes - you
could hammer on them with a baseball bat and only scuff them up a bit.
I don't think you need video - I think you want high quality still
pictures triggered by a motion sensor - you will get better face and
license shots than with video.
Matthew
On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote:
I would like to catch vandals. If I deter them, I will merely
displace them, and they will attack someone else in the
neighborhood. Catching them may also deter the rest from ever
participating in vandalism.
Vandalism: Mail box destruction. (This is also a crime.)
More serious crime: Reckless driving. Car burglary. Car theft.
On Feb 26, 2008, at 12:53 PM, Matthew Taylor wrote:
Do you want to catch the vandals or prevent vandalism? If the
latter, you want to advertise the video surveillance - that is how
it deters.
What type of vandalism has occurred?
On Feb 26, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Alvin Auerbach wrote:
If I put up my own, with a camera disguised as a bird house, how
long before it would be vandalized, or indeed recognized for what
it was?
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