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My house was broken into last year. I wish I had Ring then. We never found any leads and police were unable to do anything. Since then I have gotten Ring and d

by bb2018 7y ago

My house was broken into last year. I wish I had Ring then. We never found any leads and police were unable to do anything. Since then I have gotten Ring and definitely feel more secure. We even found footage of a man stealing our mail and were able to confirm with Ring app footage from a neighbor that the man stealing the mail was the same stealing their mail.

vageli 7y ago
> My house was broken into last year. I wish I had Ring then. We never found any leads and police were unable to do anything. > Since then I have gotten Ring and definitely feel more secure. We even found footage of a man stealing our mail and were able to confirm with Ring app footage from a neighbor that the man stealing the mail was the same stealing their mail. In that case was, the culprit ever apprehended?
- jonathankoren 7y ago
  As a victim of package theft, I’m going to say, no. Even with a picture of a car, and a decent photo of a face, there’s not much that can be done. You need a license plate. There’s no way to identify these people.
- bb2018 7y ago
  Nope! Which perhaps you could argue makes it not worthwhile if it couldn't help accomplish that. However, some in our household were worried being targeted because of our position or industry. However, the security camera showed it was a homeless person stealing the mail of everyone on the street which (although annoying) was nice info.
giobox 7y ago
My experience is that giving all the camera footage in the world will make little difference to a home robbery investigation, hopefully other's mileage is better. All of the people I know with Nest/Ring/Arlo/whatever who have been unlucky enough to suffer a break-in have found the thieves frankly don't care about the obvious presence of the cameras and neither did the cops care all that much for the footage. I like these smart cam products for spying on if my Amazon parcel has arrived, or what my kids might be up to in the yard. For crime _prevention_, I don't especially rate these things personally.
JohnFen 7y ago
> My house was broken into last year. I wish I had Ring then. Wouldn't it be more useful, not to mention less prone to falsely inflaming your fear and still being respectful of your fellow man, to put security cameras and motion detectors inside your home instead?
- bb2018 7y ago
  We have that as well - but the Ring was by far the cheapest of these and the most seamless to install.
- vorpalhex 7y ago
  By then it's a bit too late no? Sure you might be able to use it to arrest them, but they've already gotten inside your house and done whatever it is they plan to do - whether that's simply take your stuff, or harm your family.
  - JohnFen 7y ago
    I don't see how an external camera changes that, really. By the time you've been notified, called the cops, and the cops arrive, the intruders will almost certainly be gone anyway.
zaphirplane 7y ago
And what happened with the man stealing the mail ? My father had video footage of someone stealing and the police couldn’t be bothered to find the person I wonder if something came of your footage

by bb2018 7y ago

vageli 7y ago

> My house was broken into last year. I wish I had Ring then. We never found any leads and police were unable to do anything. > Since then I have gotten Ring and definitely feel more secure. We even found footage of a man stealing our mail and were able to confirm with Ring app footage from a neighbor that the man stealing the mail was the same stealing their mail. In that case was, the culprit ever apprehended?

jonathankoren 7y ago
As a victim of package theft, I’m going to say, no. Even with a picture of a car, and a decent photo of a face, there’s not much that can be done. You need a license plate. There’s no way to identify these people.
bb2018 7y ago
Nope! Which perhaps you could argue makes it not worthwhile if it couldn't help accomplish that. However, some in our household were worried being targeted because of our position or industry. However, the security camera showed it was a homeless person stealing the mail of everyone on the street which (although annoying) was nice info.

giobox 7y ago

My experience is that giving all the camera footage in the world will make little difference to a home robbery investigation, hopefully other's mileage is better. All of the people I know with Nest/Ring/Arlo/whatever who have been unlucky enough to suffer a break-in have found the thieves frankly don't care about the obvious presence of the cameras and neither did the cops care all that much for the footage. I like these smart cam products for spying on if my Amazon parcel has arrived, or what my kids might be up to in the yard. For crime _prevention_, I don't especially rate these things personally.

JohnFen 7y ago

> My house was broken into last year. I wish I had Ring then. Wouldn't it be more useful, not to mention less prone to falsely inflaming your fear and still being respectful of your fellow man, to put security cameras and motion detectors inside your home instead?

bb2018 7y ago
We have that as well - but the Ring was by far the cheapest of these and the most seamless to install.
vorpalhex 7y ago
By then it's a bit too late no? Sure you might be able to use it to arrest them, but they've already gotten inside your house and done whatever it is they plan to do - whether that's simply take your stuff, or harm your family.
- JohnFen 7y ago
  I don't see how an external camera changes that, really. By the time you've been notified, called the cops, and the cops arrive, the intruders will almost certainly be gone anyway.

zaphirplane 7y ago

And what happened with the man stealing the mail ? My father had video footage of someone stealing and the police couldn’t be bothered to find the person I wonder if something came of your footage