[Lincolnparkdc] Backyard Thief

[Martha Huizenga]

If anyone has had anything else stolen in the same alley please let us and
the police know. It helps to tie crimes together. Maybe Jason and Bethany
can pull footage from other dates as well.

Martha

On Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 3:02 PM Jason Maga <jjmaga at gmail.com> wrote:

> A couple of folks have asked what security cameras we have.  They are
> Google Nest Cam Outdoor 1080p.  We ordered them online from Home Depot.
> They connect over your home wi-fi network so you don’t need special wiring,
> they just have to be plugged in to a regular 120v outlet.  Installing them
> is pretty easy, just a couple of screws and stringing the cord to wherever
> you’re going to plug them in.  You can pay for a service where the video is
> kept for 60 days, but if you pull a specific clip you can keep it longer.
>
>
>
> What I like about them is that they are recording all of the time.
> Previously we had a Ring motion-activated camera that ran on batteries and
> it missed stuff.  When the robbery happened at the end of the alley this
> past Winter we had a great video of a cat, then the camera stopped
> recording just before the robber walked by.  There is always a 15 or 30
> second pause between recordings, so the camera totally missed him.  That
> triggered our decision to get the plug-in cameras as well as the lights
> along the side of our house.
>
>
>
> What remains to be seen is whether this makes any difference in preventing
> crime.  The cameras aren’t exactly inconspicuous and the thief was looking
> around right under them, with our lights on.  For that matter he stole the
> bike in broad daylight.  And I doubt MPD is going to do an NCIS-level
> investigation to find this guy.  It will probably help in the event he gets
> arrested for something else and then the will know who he is and can tie
> him to this and other crimes.
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