Re: Compact cheap "surveilance" camera

["Pete D" <no@xxxxxxxxx>]

"d" <d@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <1151300045.515892.131920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> bitsyboffin@xxxxxxxxx says...
>> A club I am a member of has a problem, members keep leaving the club's
>> buildings unlocked, unalarmed and even with the doors open on occasion.
>
> Another suggestion might be to get your existing alarm monitored, and
> then...
> a) Have a guard attend and lockup when it's left unlocked.
> b) Have the alarm company ring down a contact list when the alarm is
> unset after hours, to get someone in to lock up.
>
> You can have them monitor it, and when it's unset, they can phone, check
> who's there, and what time they're finishing.
>
> Shortly after finishing time, they will call back if the alarm hasn't
> been set, and get a new time.  Or, you could have them call someone and
> pop down to lock up if there's no reply.

And if no one is locking up and setting the alarm, the club is open at odd
non set hours by the sound of it.

> These two suggestions seem like a much better bet than waiting to find
> you've been burgled, and then trying to finger point.
>
> As it is, finger pointing isn't actually going to solve your problem, as
> it's likely to be several/all your people leaving the place unlocked at
> times, and unless you start removing keys from people, there's sod all
> you can do about it anyway.
>
> And, no, I don't own/work for an alarm company, but I think you might
> have a bit of tunnel vision in looking at your problem here.
>
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> D.