[ale] OT: To catch a thief

[Jim Kinney]

Motion sensing camera followed by a visit to the parents.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Robert L. Harris
<robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>   I'm betting we have some kids in the neighborhood that like to go down the
> street at 3AM and open any car doors that are unlocked and steal anything
> not nailed down they can pawn.  It's happened twice,  the second time
> snagging the radio out of my softtop jeep.  i want to catch them and either
> hand them to the cops who can't catch them currently.
>
>   I'm annoyed enough at this point I'm willing to put a $50 radio in the
> jeep that looks pretty enough (flashing lights?) to get their attention but
> I need a way to track it.  I would love to find some form of wifi
> transmitter or such I can put inside the case of the radio that I can pick
> up with an android wifi tracker or something along those lines.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
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