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

[Roger House]

Thanks to everyone who replied to my query.  I've certainly got a lot of 
information to digest.

In reponse to one question:  I live in western Sonoma County near 
Occidental and Freestone.

Roger House

On 07/25/2013 01:24 PM, s smith wrote:
> 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.
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