CCTV advice what to install etc,

[Lazarus]

"Intelligent" machine guns!

Well, he has a driveway bollard, so that could conceal something along those lines!

 

[Archive-8]

One main advantage of me switching to a totally IP based system is it allows me to have all cables inside the bungalow or garage or brick shed.

I already have a network cable in the garage and I just need to add a switch so I can have more than one camera.

And I need to look at other legal measures.

but I do know no one got in to anything all they have done is cut the cable.

@jeallen01 its things like this that makes a good cctv system evolve.

 

[Archive-8]

Well, he has a driveway bollard, so that could conceal something along those lines!

The bollard has put pay to the B@st&rd parking on my driveway so he can take his kids to school.

The best bit is, there is a council car park next to the school, and they have a free parking pass to use the car park.

 

[Archive-8]

But on the plus side for cctv, I have had another successful prosecution for anti social behaviour

Over the last 3 months a new guy has been walking his dog around the bungalows and school grounds, allowing it to foul my garden, on 12 different occasions.

I have been sending in the photos to the dog warden, who in turn has passed them to the police for enforcement.

First time the dog warden caught him, but issued him with a warning.

About the 5th time the police went to see him to issue an official warning.

About the 9th or 10th time the police went back, this time to arrest and interview him.

On the 12th time he has been issued with an order banning him and his dog coming anywhere near my bungalow.

 

[Lazarus]

Good result, Chris.

But sadly these irresponsible types are often vengeful, so watch out for retribution ..... maybe fit CCTV?


Oh, wait ;)

 

[Archive-8]

Good result, Chris.

But sadly these irresponsible types are often vengeful, so watch out for retribution ..... maybe fit CCTV?


Oh, wait ;)

Yeah it's the sign of the times, sadly.

But I can say I haven't seen him for over 2 weeks now. So fingers crossed.

 

[Archive-8]

 

[jeallen01]

The cable was cut, and so could this guy have managed to do that without being picked up on one of your cameras - sounds like the sort who, knowing how he had been "caught on camera" with his dog, and seeing (or maybe one of his friends/relatives on his behalf) that one of the camera cables was in a vulnerable location, did the deed out of some sort of revenge?

 

[Archive-8]

The cable was cut, and so could this guy have managed to do that without being picked up on one of your cameras - sounds like the sort who, knowing how he had been "caught on camera" with his dog, and seeing (or maybe one of his friends/relatives on his behalf) that one of the camera cables was in a vulnerable location, did the deed out of some sort of revenge?

I should point out the camera photos he had seen came from another cam.

Not the one cut.

But the house next door is up for sale, and some of the old lady's possessions are still in there.

But there is a blind spot coming across her drive. I will be taking steps to rectify this, just don't know how as yet.

 

[jeallen01]

Now sounds like it could have been someone "preparing the way" to get into the old lady's house - especially at that time of the morning. Have you told the family or estate agents (?) selling the house, or the police, about what happened?

 

[Archive-8]

Now sounds like it could have been someone "preparing the way" to get into the old lady's house - especially at that time of the morning. Have you told the family or estate agents (?) selling the house, or the police, about what happened?

I am keeping my eye out for the pcso.

 

[Archive4]

I am keeping my eye out for the pcso.

Not entirely sure what the pcso has to do with this thread?
http://www.pcso.gov.ph/

 

[PaulR]

Maybe a camera on high just looking down at the garage roof? Carefully avoiding next door of course!

 

[jeallen01]

Chris -

We also have phones nowadays if you remember !

Milamber

We know you live in Spain, but has it been so long that you have forgotten about our "famous" (infamous?) Police Community Support Officers! And, PS, the link did not work for me!

 

[Archive4]

We know you live in Spain, but has it been so long that you have forgotten about our "famous" (infamous?) Police Community Support Officers! And, PS, the link did not work for me!

They did not exist, to my knowledge, before I left the UK.
Re the link, didn´t work for me for a few seconds either, guess neither of us will win the money!

 

[Terryl]

In vulnerable cable run locations I use ridged electrical conduit to hold the coax/CAT5/6 wires, it will keep them from cutting wires to get around the CCTV cams.

Running them underground is also a good way, but if you use the metal EMT conduit you will have to wrap or coat it with tape or tar to keep it from rusting out, one thing I have done in the past is to use the EMT conduit inside some PVC conduit, it fools them.

And if you have any blind spots then more cameras are a must.

 

[jeallen01]

Terryl

The term "EMT" is pretty much N.America-specific and not common this side of the "Pond" but, IIRC from my days dealing with the National Electrical Code (NEC), it means "Electrical Metallic Tubing" - over "here" we would generally refer to "metal conduit" and you can get the galvanised version if you know what you are looking for, and that should be fairly corrosion-resistant if installed correctly. Nevertheless, all you said is good advice.

 

[Archive-8]

I have a few things to ponder over now.

 

[Terryl]

I would give your location a very good looking over, if it can be reached by standing on something then it's not high enough off the ground, if it can be reached by standing on a car hood, in the back of a pickup or small box, then it needs to go higher.

One deterrent was to put fake cameras up on very tall poles, some we used even had a solar cell/battery for the LED light that blinked at night.

In broadcasting we have had problems with drug addicts (we call them tweekers) stealing the copper wiring and hard line coax (all copper) at remote broadcast sites, putting things in conduit helped, until they started carrying hack saws, then we had to go with larger conduit with chrome-molly tubing inside, (very hard stuff and at accessible areas only) then thin wall conduit with the cables inside of that, the chrome-molly tubing was allowed to float inside the larger conduit, when they started to hack into it, all chrome-molly would do would rotate, you could not cut into it, by that time the cops where there. (CCTV systems)

This was expensive but it beat the cost of replacing the hard lines every month or so.

So give your site a good looking over, if it can be reached without the use of an 8 foot or taller ladder it's not tweeker safe.

 

[blademedia]

Friend has problem with cctv. its fixed not ip. he has no picture on all cameras on tv. but channels show up on tv, he checked at night and no ld lights on camera,

Would cameras not work in day if power supply to cameras was faulty ?