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> At the end of the day its security theater. Having a video of the crime won’t prevent it or even lead to solving it most of the time. I know of at least 2 co
by someplaceguy 3y ago
> At the end of the day its security theater. Having a video of the crime won’t prevent it or even lead to solving it most of the time.
I know of at least 2 countries where police will be immediately dispatched to a robbery in progress if a person is caught on camera by the alarm system and the owner confirms it's a robbery (e.g. on a phone call). By law, police won't be dispatched unless a person is caught on video, due to false alarms.
I know this because that's what happened when my home was robbed and I was out of town. Fortunately, since the police response was quick the thief didn't have enough time to take anything (!), as he must have been in and out in 2 minutes at most.
It also helped that there was no jewelry or cash inside the house, of course.
- prmoustache 3y agoSadly it is becoming kind of moot nowadays with so much spam that less and less people are answering to unsollicited calls. I know I don't so the police would just ring my phone and I wouldn't know about it. Not that I would want to but having a security system in my house would probably not be an high enough incentive to start answering these kind of calls.
- someplaceguy 3y agoThat's why my alarm company's call center number is on my contact list. I even configured it to bypass "do not disturb" mode. Although unsolicited calls are not a problem here, fortunately.