Cameras are not nearly as helpful as most civilians seem to believe. Even if you give the cops a video of the burglar, they still have to catch him. Most police

Cameras are not nearly as helpful as most civilians seem to believe. Even if you give the cops a video of the burglar, they still have to catch him. Most police forces are overworked with more serious crimes than burglary and they don't have facial recognition software, so catching the guy is not going to be a priority for them unless someone gets hurt or there's a huge wave of burglaries in the same area. All burglars know this, so they're not hugely dissuaded by cameras. What about getting the license plate of the car the burglar drove? Usually those plates are stolen. Cameras are not useless, but they are not the magic burglary prevention talismans the public seems to think they are.