My previous apartment building was secured by electronic badges, several camera, and security sitting 50m away (they didn’t have a direct line or sight though).

My previous apartment building was secured by electronic badges, several camera, and security sitting 50m away (they didn’t have a direct line or sight though). No one stored their bikes longer that 4–6 months there before getting theirs stolen. Thieves would go behind people when the door was being operated and in the case of the parking garage used a van and just fit the rack off, or for the upstairs bike room cut the locks and loaded the bikes in their van just outside the back. It took very little time, it was all on camera, the police never did anything. I’m actually pretty sure it was the same thief hitting the building every time because the MO was the same. It was actually safer to lock your bike anywhere else than these purpose built bike rooms. Cameras don’t do anything at all, and neither does the police. Thieves know it. But a stolen car? The police will be very interested and keep looking.