Post by guyver1 on Jan 29, 2013 23:05:23 GMT
I fitted a digital CCTV system to my house about 18 months ago, Not cheap, but I think its a must have on your home.
The reasons I originally fitted it I won't go into, But it has proved itself over and over in the last couple of weeks.
A few weeks ago, one of my neighbours had their gas meter and gas pipes stolen off the side of their house. The police know I have a top end CCTV system installed and asked if I could check the footage at a given date and time, sure enough, I have the thieves running down the street with the gas meter and pipework in their arms. Its clear enough to make out their features without problem, and it was taken at 3am.
Well, tonight, one of my neighbours came round to say he had seen someone in my back garden, I shot outside and there he was, a little shit hiding between my shed and greenhouse, He ran like an Olympic athlete and jumped through the fence at the back of my property.
Police came round in less than 3 minutes and followed the route the would be burglar took, I spent the next hour going through all 5 cameras to get the footage, Once again, you can the faces so clearly its untrue. There were 2 of them, they walked off the street, right across my drive, down the side of the house and over my back gate without even batting an eyelid. Seems they had burgled a house in another street 10 minutes previous and chanced getting into one of my sheds, I have that many locks on my sheds they would need a blow torch.
The police have taken a CD full of CCTV footage and are very confident of an arrest being made..
So if your thinking about getting CCTV, I would say go for it, its worth every penny
The reasons I originally fitted it I won't go into, But it has proved itself over and over in the last couple of weeks.
A few weeks ago, one of my neighbours had their gas meter and gas pipes stolen off the side of their house. The police know I have a top end CCTV system installed and asked if I could check the footage at a given date and time, sure enough, I have the thieves running down the street with the gas meter and pipework in their arms. Its clear enough to make out their features without problem, and it was taken at 3am.
Well, tonight, one of my neighbours came round to say he had seen someone in my back garden, I shot outside and there he was, a little shit hiding between my shed and greenhouse, He ran like an Olympic athlete and jumped through the fence at the back of my property.
Police came round in less than 3 minutes and followed the route the would be burglar took, I spent the next hour going through all 5 cameras to get the footage, Once again, you can the faces so clearly its untrue. There were 2 of them, they walked off the street, right across my drive, down the side of the house and over my back gate without even batting an eyelid. Seems they had burgled a house in another street 10 minutes previous and chanced getting into one of my sheds, I have that many locks on my sheds they would need a blow torch.
The police have taken a CD full of CCTV footage and are very confident of an arrest being made..
So if your thinking about getting CCTV, I would say go for it, its worth every penny