Re: Help with 7 Circuit Project?

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Most burglaries actually happen in the daytime.  The primary concern of
most
> >burglars is not to be CAUGHT, nor to enter a house where someone might
shoot
> >them or engage them in a confrontation.  Here's the first stats I found
> >through Google that confirm the breakdown:
> >
> >Occurrences       Time                       Value of property stolen
> >652                 (6:01 p.m.-5:59 a.m.)    $1,022,171
> >911                 (6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.)    $2,244,070
> >
> >www.co.fairfax.va.us/ps/police/pdf/Pg0899.pdf
>
> You'll find similar figures nearly everywhere you look (except from alarm
> dealers).
>
> I mentioned this here a few years back but I think it's worth repeating. A
> local (Cincinnati) TV station did a brief series that included interviews
> with career burglars (then serving sentences in prison). They confirmed
that
> early afternoon was the best time (from their POV) because that was when
> target houses were most likely to be empty. Alarm systems did not phase
them
> because they were in and out with time to spare before there was any
> response. The only thing that deterred them was a dog _INSIDE_ the house.
>
> Burglaries of businesses peak during the night for the same reason -
that's
> when they are least likely to be occupied.

This is a pretty good endorsement for a good dog barking device as a burglar
deterrent.  Robodog scares the heck of deliverymen, too!  The enhancements I
need are 1) simulation of movement of the dog 2) growling.  I think using a
cashiered stereo MP3 player as the platform has lots of promise.  Add a pair
of amplified speakers and I'll bet it has real potential.  It might take a
trip to the dog pound with a portable DAT recorder to get exactly what I
need in growls and barks.  I wonder what it would take to shake the door as
if a dog was throwing itself against it?

--
Bobby G.