[ale] OT: To catch a thief

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 17:43:43 EDT 2012


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On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Robert L. Harris
<robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My current camera takes 6 shots about 2 seconds apart so I'll get them
> entering frame, opening and entering the vehicle.  I'm trying to get
> zoneminder working but it seems to want something called "cambozola" which
> I'm not finding in ubuntu.
>
> Robert
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Entering the car on your property is enough for a trespassing.
>> Take some pics of the approach, the entry the exit and lastly a flash
>> shot to let them know they've be seen.
>>
>> Or just hook up a garden hose to the motion sensor and get a shot of
>> them getting wet :-)
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Robert L. Harris
>> <robert.l.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'd go through that motion, etc as needed but I wouldn't want to tip my
>> > hand
>> > the device is tracked until we were ready to go in.  Just having a
>> > picture
>> > of them in my vehicle though wouldn't justify a search warrant I'm sure
>> > unless I had some proof they actually took it and most times things are
>> > small enough to go under coats or in pockets quickly.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> IANAL but I think the cop would need a warrant; the evidence from
>> >> camera/tracker/etc would be plenty justification to get one.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 9/5/12 4:51 PM, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I have a camera on the front of the garage as of a couple weeks ago but
>> >> I
>> >> don't know all the kids in the neighborhood.
>> >>
>> >>  I'd like though to be able to track the device to the house, knock on
>> >> the
>> >> door (with a cop next to me) and ask for Mom/Dad and explain the kid
>> >> has my
>> >> radio.  Just a picture of them in the vehicle might not go far, having
>> >> proof
>> >> they have the device in their possession would go much farther if I
>> >> have to
>> >> go legal.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> 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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>> own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.
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