sixwheeledbeast Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 12 minutes ago, norman said: Cctv is useless 90% of the time ime. Agreed, also not helped by the fact much of that 90% is poorly installed or not FFP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 My moneys on SWANN Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 10 hours ago, norman said: Cctv is useless 90% of the time ime. I must have been lucky with mine then, three times Ive caught people who have "accidentally" damaged my car but not said anything. I caught the kids that tried to break into my shop, and I identified the kids that went around my village stealing from cars, because they came onto my driveway. The only thing I can say is in all those occasions the people committing the crimes had not planned the crime to begin with. I would say its lower than 90% overall but yes CCTV is quite easy to overcome if planned. Oh and those cheap safes are worth leaving around in plain sight with nothing in, twice now I have heard of customers who have had break ins and all they took was the safe that was empty. It would seem that once the burglar has found what he thinks is your valuables he gets out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 3 hours ago, PeterJames said: I must have been lucky three times Ive caught people who have "accidentally" damaged my car but not said anything. I caught the kids that tried to break into my shop I identified the kids that went around my village stealing from cars, because they came onto my driveway. Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 48 minutes ago, norman said: ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I think the salient point is that we assume the systems were decent i.e high resolution, and properly installed! Also in the village situation it's more likely you'll recognise people, I suppose. Depends how isolated you are. This is probably the biggest difference between PJ CCTV and DIY CCTV... Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterJames Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 47 minutes ago, datadiffusion said: I think the salient point is that we assume the systems were decent i.e high resolution, and properly installed! Also in the village situation it's more likely you'll recognise people, I suppose. Depends how isolated you are. This is probably the biggest difference between PJ CCTV and DIY CCTV... I didnt know him but the Police did. That time I had Mega-Pixel cams all the other times they were analogue, but the cameras were positioned correctly. Aimed at getting faces and not tops of heads like many systems I have seen. I forgot to add the cameras on the shop also got two really good images of a couple of burglars that broke into a house up the end of the road. In fact we captured the whole thing only the house was too far away to get the number plates of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Yup, as well as poor resolution, the 'tops of heads' mounting position must be the number one DIY pitfall. Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 That and the fact they don't see through hoodies... Quote Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datadiffusion Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 37 minutes ago, norman said: That and the fact they don't see through hoodies... Bit of a moot point though when you usually wouldn't be able to use the images for ID even if they weren't wearing them! 1 Quote So, I've decided to take my work back underground.... to stop it falling into the wrong hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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