Re: Compact cheap "surveilance" camera

[teflon nonstick <teflon1@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 26/6/06 11:39, in article
1151318344.021461.191170@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"bitsyboffin@xxxxxxxxx" <bitsyboffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> teflon nonstick wrote:
>> On 26/6/06 11:03, in article C0C56F5F.A1C2%teflon1@xxxxxxxxx, "teflon
>> nonstick" <teflon1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Just sit outside and wait.
>>>
>> ...or, a normal Yale lock with a self-closing spring on the door.
>
> Yes, we're putting a self closing springeethingee on the combination
> door, and double locking the ranch slider (and not giving out keys, so
> it can't be opened at all unless an executive member is there).  That
> should at least keep the place locked in the winter, it's not going to
> set the alarm and turn the lights out though.
>
> In the summer it might be a different story, the door tends to get
> propped open to keep the place cool during the day and people are there
> later in the summer too, so probably more chance for people to think
> "oh, somebody else will close it".
>
> Maybe alarm monitoring would work, but I just think it would be more
> trouble (and expense) than it's worth, if the alarm company rings up at
> 2am to say the alarm's not set, either they would have to drive 1/2 an
> hour out there close up, and drive 1/2 an hour back, or one of us
> would.
>
> My idea was simply to try and tell those who have left it open, to not
> do it again, but to do that you have to figure out who it was that left
> it open.  With 120 people it could have been, it's not as easy as
> saying "was it you", and a blanket "don't leave the place unlocked"
> just doesn't work (the members have been told, and told, and told
> again, to no avail).

How about a newsletter declaring an increase in membership fees, to either
pay for a security firm, or increase the insurance cover.

Alternatively, lock the place up at fixed times. Either one should grab the
attention.

Or, burgle it yourself. No one will suspect you. 8]