In message , harryagain
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"Baz" wrote
Let me tell you that this has scared us both half to death here, the
scroat has crept up during the night and caused thousands of pounds worth
of damage and we didn't hear a thing. Imagine if he wanted to do US harm.
I don't know where the money is going to come from but we have to get
some quality recordable security here. Today if I can. The police are
going to talk with us later on today about security.

Baz
Cheapest is to get a fake camera.

I bought several cheap (circa 30/40 quid) cameras when we had a fence
repeatedly smashed. The vandalism has not occurred again after several
years, and I know that the cameras were quickly spotted by local kids
because one of them slyly asked what they were for...

They are a definite deterrent, and I handed a tape to the local cops
which placed two yobs in my garden at 06:30 one morning.
No time-stamp on the video, but my statement guaranteeing that the video
recorder was set at the correct time was enough to I/D them and add a
charge of trespass to the burglary they had committed elsewhere the same
morning. They were caught after an alert neighbour saw his kitchen
door handle turn as they tried it, and called the police who were
attending the nearby burglary.

My main camera is connected to a DVD recorder and (importantly
programmed to record at all times except for evening TV viewing. :-)

Security measures are best installed *before* incidents happen, and
upgraded from time to time.

A personal not eto Baz, I understand how you feel, because we were
troubled by street gangs in this otherwise respectable area, until
cooperation between local councillors and the police broke them up.
Since the introduction of ASBOS it has been very quiet here...

Don't let the b*****ds ruin your health, I would think that they are
unlikely to return...
--
Gordon H
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