Home burglarized while I was camping
I was burglarized while off camping for a week. While enjoying the beautiful beaches of the Florida panhandle I was hit. The Tv's and stuff like that are easy enough to replace but the heirloom jewelr...
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nickthehunter wrote:
I get a laugh every time someone mentions security cameras. Does anyone have a guess as to how many criminals wear hoodies and sunglasses?
The picture ideally has to be good enough to clearly show WHO it is and WHAT they did, clear enough for a jury to look at it and say "Yes, that is the defendant".
In reality, it only has to be clear enough for a police officer to show the suspect the video and say "See, we have you" and for the suspect to say something admitting it's them. That happens far more often than anything else - and usually with video that would not convince a jury. The right to remain silent...
I had a case internal to a company where someone was vandalizing a speaker mounted about 20' up. It was happening frequently, right after it would be fixed it would happen again. I specified two cameras, one pointing at the speaker, and another covering a much wider area. I was asked why I wanted to spend the extra for a second camera.
Given that it was 20' up, I knew he had friends steadying the ladder.
When it happened again, we had his face and him damaging the speaker. We called everyone into a room, showed the video, and fired him. All of his buddies laughed as he was escorted out.
We then showed the video from the other camera, and indicated that the next time it happened everyone holding the ladder in that video would be fired.
It never happened again. The guys in the second video persuaded anyone else thinking of doing so not to carry out the idea.
Cameras have their place.
