Surveillance cams ever more popular
Surveillance cameras are getting ever more popular in town, a trend blamed on rising crimes like car theft and porch piracy.
I noticed when the façade was redone on the building next door, for example, besides new lights, two very obvious cameras were also added. It seems to be becoming normal.
Ephraim 07:41 on 2024-07-02 Permalink
Just because it’s there doesn’t mean that it’s being triggered. We have one at our front door where we have carefully set up a perimeter that covers only our property. Something happened at the neighbour’s place and cops asked to see… we had nothing because it wasn’t on our property. (We ruined all her gossip about us, but that’s another story)
Kate 08:18 on 2024-07-02 Permalink
But I don’t think any law covers the extent of private camera coverage. I don’t care whether my neighbours are incidentally patrolling me coming and going, but some might.
Joey 10:00 on 2024-07-02 Permalink
Do police ever use evidence from these cameras for many of the petty crimes that cause them to be installed (porch pirates, small-scale B&E, car theft, etc.)? I assume they come in handy when the police need to gather as much evidence in one area as possible, for example when someone has been killed nearby, but my impression is that for small thefts, etc., the cops just don’t have the capacity or interest to do anything. You often hear anecdotes about people going to the police to let them know that something has been stolen, that they’ve tracked it (e.g., a stolen bike with a GPS device hidden in it) to a specific location, but the police refuse to do much of anything.
Ephraim 10:58 on 2024-07-02 Permalink
Well, the cops asked me for the video, so I assume it’s of some use. Of course, in this case, it just proved that she was telling everyone porkpies about us. There must be a reason.
bob 12:08 on 2024-07-02 Permalink
Cop : I see. Well, Mr Seinfeld, we’ll look into it and we’ll let you know if we, you know, if we find anything.
Jerry : Do you ever find anything?
Cop : No.
Joey 13:46 on 2024-07-02 Permalink
The Dude: You got any promising uh, leads, man?
Auto Circus Cop: Leads, yeah, sure. I’ll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they’ve got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!