Security Advice from Quartzsite LEO

amandasgramma wrote:

Lantley wrote:
So are you suggesting you should take a pictures of everyone around you each and every time you camp?
Do the footprints prove without a doubt the cruddy camper was guilty?

YES and the police officer said they match footprints/shoe prints from another theft. As for taking pictures....I take pictures a lot, so they might have a hard time seeing me actually zoom into their rig. :) We're in BLM land.....the nearest neighbor would be considered a block away......others are further. So it's not a big deal, I wouldn't be doing it if we were in an RV park....... and anyone that thinks that's creepy and sees me...come on out and talk to me.

Now we are into BS territory. The police did not/does not reveal details of pending investigations. Plus, they don't take shoe prints and send out CSI units into the middle of the desert because someone had a generator stolen. They take a police report, and that is it. Earlier, you said you wouldn't take a picture of a nice rig, so if the tracks led back to a nice rig instead of the junker, all your crime solving skills would have gone to waste. Heck, apparently the thieves are good and active, so they can probably afford a nice rig. On TV the master criminals always have neat stuff. You never saw Tony Soprano driving a clunker. The solution to theft is prevention, not expectation of recovery.