One of my tasks in my late unlamented job for a small Dallas company that had a contract with the city, was "design" a security camera system for a housing authority apartment complex to catch the thieves in the act. Great stuff, except they also stole the cameras. Of course being somewhat technologically challenged they were not aware that the camera going away did nothing to the existing recording on the central server. I put design in quotes because the project was implemented using off the shelf components and off the shelf planning and all I basically did was go out and look for suitable places to mount the cameras.03Lightningrocks wrote:You folks would not believe how often we have to install new outdoor condensors because some thief cut the lines and ran off with the unit. It is crazy!!! They get maybe 100-150 bucks scrap at most and the unit can cost anywhere from 1600 and up to replace! It reminds me of when they break my 150 dollar window to steal my 25 dollar mag light from the front seat.
It can cause you to put a note on the unit telling them that if they will leave the unit alone and knock on the door, you will go ahead and buy it back from them before they steal it.
Of course the gaping holes in security that existed when we went out to do the site surveys went on existing, leading to lots of video.