06-02-2014, 04:43 PM
My experience is that CCTV is basically worthless. Those that you are targeting with it know how to not be seen - the conceal their faces and the police I know say it rarely stands up in court - I have had exactly this confirmed on another forum by serving officers.
My BiL has been targeted several times by thieves - he runs a grounds maintenance business so has lots of Stihl etc, kit. The police themselves installed cameras & DVRs as he was repeatedly targeted (they came back to nick the newly replaced stuff) - we got fantastic pictures of the car they used, complete with number-plates etc. but the scum that owned it said that they had loaned it to some bloke in the pub - sorry, couldn't remember his name...
Like others here in a rural situation, there are fuel & general opportunistic thieves around, so I'm looking at an integrated system that will include outbuildings & driveway - almost certainly it will be IP/wireless and will have a DVR as well as uploading to an FTP site and sending emails to my phone - these sorts of systems are becoming much cheaper now and are extremely powerful.
Main problem is finding suitable discrete IP65/66 rated cameras which use PoE (power over Ethernet) so that you don't need multiple cables to cameras stuck up telegraph poles etc.
Ho, Hum...
My BiL has been targeted several times by thieves - he runs a grounds maintenance business so has lots of Stihl etc, kit. The police themselves installed cameras & DVRs as he was repeatedly targeted (they came back to nick the newly replaced stuff) - we got fantastic pictures of the car they used, complete with number-plates etc. but the scum that owned it said that they had loaned it to some bloke in the pub - sorry, couldn't remember his name...
Like others here in a rural situation, there are fuel & general opportunistic thieves around, so I'm looking at an integrated system that will include outbuildings & driveway - almost certainly it will be IP/wireless and will have a DVR as well as uploading to an FTP site and sending emails to my phone - these sorts of systems are becoming much cheaper now and are extremely powerful.
Main problem is finding suitable discrete IP65/66 rated cameras which use PoE (power over Ethernet) so that you don't need multiple cables to cameras stuck up telegraph poles etc.
Ho, Hum...
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