spec my a CCTV setup

MNuTz · 10 Apr 2007 at 16:27

Hi all,

Didnt think i would neeed to bother with this where i live but it seems i do. In between 5pm last night and 1pm today someone has taken a screwdriver/key/other sharp object and put a nice long scratch right down the back of the g/fs golf.

It was on the drive but it seems someone has gone past and just scratched the hell out of it, cant think of anyone that could have done. I know certain people are often walking past but not sure if they would do it. Tonight i am putting my old golf on the end of the drive with a nice note in the window telling them exactly what i think of them! Setting the camcorder up in an upstaris window and i hope they will do it again so i can find out who did it. Dont care if the old one gets scratched as i can spray that myself. The current bill is standing at £279 to get the g/fs repaired!

I want a CCTV system, preferably 2 at the front and one round the back, wouldnt mind one that moves around and can be accessed through the web, they all must have excellent video quality and night vision capabilities!

Any suggestions on setups, makes, companies that could do it are gratefully received!

Azza · 10 Apr 2007 at 16:34

Put a fence up around your house and get a few Staffordshire Bull Terriers.

No one will dare set foot on your property agian.

Maniac618 · 10 Apr 2007 at 16:39

If you leave a note and it can be seen by the camera then the vandal can say they were provoked or something stupid in defence, so make sure the camera doesn't pick it up.

MNuTz · 10 Apr 2007 at 16:42

Azza said:
Put a fence up around your house and get a few Staffordshire Bull Terriers.

No one will dare set foot on your property agian.

Cant put up a fence, our street has an open plan policy at the front of the house!

Maniac618 said:
If you leave a note and it can be seen by the camera then the vandal can say they were provoked or something stupid in defence, so make sure the camera doesn't pick it up.

It wont be seen, the camera will be looking from the house into the road, the car will be parked facing the house with its back end towards the road!

BennyC · 10 Apr 2007 at 16:45

Stage 1. Buy wooden baseball bat.
Stage 2. Finded largest nails one can and hammer through bat.
Stage 3. Wait in the bushes insight of your car.
Stage 4. Bat the first person you see going near your car, so hard the bat snaps.
Stage 5. Set him on fire.
Stage 6. Shove a pole up his burnt corpses ****
Stage 7. Use him as garden decoration to warm off other criminals.

Cheaper than CCTV

Azagoth · 10 Apr 2007 at 17:24

A mate of mine has had loads of trouble from local chavs. You know the type of trouble, scratched cars, broken windows, threatening behaviour and the sort. Well, he installed a CCTV system and caught the little darlings in the act. However, the police refused to do anything because his CCTV cameras can be moved remotely and so fall under the Data Protection Act.

I don't know if this is still true, or if it was down to the police being clueless, but apparently static cameras aren't covered.

MNuTz · 10 Apr 2007 at 17:34

Azagoth said:
A mate of mine has had loads of trouble from local chavs. You know the type of trouble, scratched cars, broken windows, threatening behaviour and the sort. Well, he installed a CCTV system and caught the little darlings in the act. However, the police refused to do anything because his CCTV cameras can be moved remotely and so fall under the Data Protection Act.

I don't know if this is still true, or if it was down to the police being clueless, but apparently static cameras aren't covered.

yeah, ive heard similar. Thats why i want a static one on the front and also, a remote one.

michael baxter · 10 Apr 2007 at 17:38

As far as I know, that without express permission, you shouldn't point the CCTV cameras onto public areas. If they point onto your own garden etc, you should be good.

You can set up a system using a PC and webcams, which would be cheap.

Pinter75 · 10 Apr 2007 at 17:53

The place that flogs all manor of electrical stuff beginning with M and ending in N can flog you a 80GB 4 channel motion detection DVR with day/night outdoor camera for £250 - £300.

You are not allowed to record public spaces. Make sure you position the camera to avoid this. Also you must tell persons on your property that you are recording images/video for the prevention of crime prevention.

As you are proposing a simple CCTV system that cannot pan/tilt or zoom, you may not need to inform the information comissioner.

Check this checklist to make sure.

Data protection Act 1998 Compliance Checklist CCTV Small user.

Or as others say, a webcam and motion detection will work too. Chances are that scrotes will try to lob stuff at your cameras anyways.