Surveillance Camera Setups on your RV

DallasSteve wrote:
Hmm. It seems like the consensus is that the camera is mostly a value as a deterrent. I bet you can buy dummy cameras much cheaper that you can install on both sides of the RV and sleep easier. Just saying.

That has not been the case in our neighborhood. I have been in charge of our neighborhood pool for the past 10 years. When I took over, I had security cameras installed since our neighborhood pool was located between 2 densely wooded lots and an easy target. Not long after the pool opened for the season that first year, we had a couple hop the fence around 3 am. The man quickly strips down and goes into the pool. The woman appears to be concerned about the cameras. She repeatedly points to the one directly in front of her and looks back and forward between it and the man in the pool. She finally relents, strips down and jumps in the pool. We did share the video footage with police after reporting the break-in.

We have had several occasions where folks look directly at the camera before jumping the fence. At night, it is very obvious they are functioning cameras. The lens is ringed by red glowing infrared lights.

The pool cameras (8 of them) continually record onto a 3 TB drive. We get about 18 days of storage on the 3 TB drive. I have been asked by local police for copy of the footage of the camera facing the street. The last time, they wanted to use it to determine whether or not their suspect did indeed drive into or out of the neighborhood.

-Michael