Home Security System recommendation?
01-24-2012, 12:07 PM
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Every time police are called to any section 8 housing there is supposed to be a report made and someone should notify the housing association/authority (depending on which one it is for your area).
Keep calling the police, keep making reports with every incident and keep calling the HOA and telling them there are issues.
What you saw and what you heard are proof, regardless of what someone tells you - real issue is if there was an actual crime committed.
Keep calling the police, keep making reports with every incident and keep calling the HOA and telling them there are issues.
What you saw and what you heard are proof, regardless of what someone tells you - real issue is if there was an actual crime committed.
We found out the name of a fraud investigator, called her to complain and got a bitchy attitude. I did some digging, found the consulting firm that oversees her office and her managing director was notified with all the message traffic. I also found info on their firm's board of directors.
It would just make things easier if I could get that peephole cam installed and get footage of just a few things going on at different hours of the day.
After living in Baltimore and in PG County I'd have never guessed I'd be dealing with ghetto trash in the suburbs.
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01-24-2012, 12:12 PM
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Section 8 is everywhere, and that makes it horrible.
What is even worse is that property owners/landlords subscribe to section 8 housing and expect actual hardworking, bill paying individuals to the dregs which section 8 allows to live in an otherwise good area.
Call 911, get reports, call HOA and make complaints, tell the other neighbors to do the same, often and all the time. Eventually they will get kicked out.
What is even worse is that property owners/landlords subscribe to section 8 housing and expect actual hardworking, bill paying individuals to the dregs which section 8 allows to live in an otherwise good area.
Call 911, get reports, call HOA and make complaints, tell the other neighbors to do the same, often and all the time. Eventually they will get kicked out.
01-25-2012, 07:22 AM
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Infrared motion sensing HD cameras on all 4 corners with DVR + SMS alert and a loaded shotgun. Vitamin-D video is pretty damn effective... only triggers on people and not animals or other objects if you don't want it to.
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01-25-2012, 08:03 AM
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^ I run the Logitech 750e camera system on my house alongside a home security system + a Siberian Husky. The Logitech has a great wide angle and has very clear video plus audio!
01-25-2012, 12:59 PM
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If you shoot someone in MD, even in your home you will be headed to jail for the night (at least).
Steps to remember if you shoot someone (or brandish a weapon and the guy runs).
1) Call the cops (even if the guy runs away call the cops).
2) CALL YOUR LAWYER right after you get off the phone with the cops.
3) Photograph the scene as it is for your LAWYER, don't tell the cops, just your lawyer that you have photos of the scene (its for your own protection).
4) When the cops arrive, be helpful but say as little as possible to the cops until your lawyer arrives. The cops are not your friend and have no interest in acting in your best interest, that is what your lawyer is for...
5) It is not going to be cheap. In fact it is probably going to cost about as much as Alberto has spent doing turbo's on his Z...
If I forgot to mention it. Never Ever talk to the cops without your lawyer present. I would issue just a simple statement about being in fear for my family and ask for my lawyer. And then break out the checkbook for the retainer fees...
Steps to remember if you shoot someone (or brandish a weapon and the guy runs).
1) Call the cops (even if the guy runs away call the cops).
2) CALL YOUR LAWYER right after you get off the phone with the cops.
3) Photograph the scene as it is for your LAWYER, don't tell the cops, just your lawyer that you have photos of the scene (its for your own protection).
4) When the cops arrive, be helpful but say as little as possible to the cops until your lawyer arrives. The cops are not your friend and have no interest in acting in your best interest, that is what your lawyer is for...
5) It is not going to be cheap. In fact it is probably going to cost about as much as Alberto has spent doing turbo's on his Z...
If I forgot to mention it. Never Ever talk to the cops without your lawyer present. I would issue just a simple statement about being in fear for my family and ask for my lawyer. And then break out the checkbook for the retainer fees...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Igshxpm99g
Then hope you have an awsome dispatcher like the one in the video.
01-25-2012, 02:14 PM
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As for DVR apps I've used both BlueIris and Vitamin-D with the latter being more expensive but having much more reliable motion detection. These apps work on local LAN (or wifi) and ANY network camera on the market. No subscriptions... just one-time for the software for up to 64+ cams.
I hardwired my cams with cat5 and PoE since I have to run power to them anyways...might as well drop some cat5 from a cheap netgear switch.
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01-25-2012, 06:52 PM
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Sweet setup(s) guys, more stuff like this is good.
But just a word to the wise. Cameras do not stop or deter crime. They are merely a mechanism that is required for proper execution and follow through of the legal system as well as the civil system with insurance being the #1 proponent.
But just a word to the wise. Cameras do not stop or deter crime. They are merely a mechanism that is required for proper execution and follow through of the legal system as well as the civil system with insurance being the #1 proponent.
01-25-2012, 06:56 PM
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Sweet setup(s) guys, more stuff like this is good.
But just a word to the wise. Cameras do not stop or deter crime. They are merely a mechanism that is required for proper execution and follow through of the legal system as well as the civil system with insurance being the #1 proponent.
But just a word to the wise. Cameras do not stop or deter crime. They are merely a mechanism that is required for proper execution and follow through of the legal system as well as the civil system with insurance being the #1 proponent.
01-26-2012, 04:59 AM
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Any dumb *** knows cams won't stop a crime. But being aware of a crime during the act allows you to respond during rather than after the crime occurs. The tape recordings will be useful for litigation/insurance but the instant alerts are valuable. But if I get a motion alert email with stills of some dumbass breaking into my car you best be sure I'm calling the cops even if I'm in another country.
01-26-2012, 05:15 AM
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Any dumb *** knows cams won't stop a crime. But being aware of a crime during the act allows you to respond during rather than after the crime occurs. The tape recordings will be useful for litigation/insurance but the instant alerts are valuable. But if I get a motion alert email with stills of some dumbass breaking into my car you best be sure I'm calling the cops even if I'm in another country.
You are correct though, seeing a crime in progress and calling 911 may help police catch whoever is doing whatever they are doing.
I was pointing out that many believe cameras deter or even stop crime. This is not speculation, it is fact. I would not want someone here to put a camera system up and all of a sudden have a belief that they will not be a victim because of that camera.