[NBLUG/talk] Request for info on video cams for protection against burglary

[s smith]

On 07/25/2013 11:54 AM, Roger House wrote:
> My neighbor's home was burglarized yesterday.  He's the third or 
> fourth burglary victim in our semi-rural area in the last month or 
> so.  The burglars seem to be fairly professional, using sophisticated 
> equipment to go right through deadbolts.  They also shut the power off 
> to my neighbor's house, presumably to defeat any alarm system.  
> Needless to say, this has got me worried.
>
> So, I've been thinking about video cams.  I saw a sign recently on a 
> nearby road with a happy face on it saying "Smile, you're on camera."  
> I've been composing a similar sign saying something like, "If you can 
> read this, your face is already on the Internet."  But, I'd like to 
> back it up with something real.  I know next to nothing about video 
> cams, so I'm requesting ideas and recommendations.
>
Yesterday I saw these at costco 
<http://www.costco.com/Samsung-SmartCam-2-Pack-Security-Cameras.product.100056081.html>.

There are also cheap fake videocams on Amazon that look like they might 
be effective.  This link also pulled up a bunch of official looking 
'we're watching you' signs. 
<http://www.amazon.com/OUTDOOR-SECURITY-CAMERA-Blinking-Silver/dp/B004D8NZ52/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1374783536&sr=8-4&keywords=security+camera>

Sometimes just making it look like you've taken precautions is enough.  
After a break-in to my garage a couple of years ago I put up a bunch of 
motion-detector security lights and installed an alarm.  The alarm has 
gone off once since and it looked like someone had opened a back gate, 
but the alarm scared them off.

It sounds like they knew what they were going after...  Good luck.

Steve S.