I'm looking for a Mr Williams?
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TR4man said:
Is this worthy of two separate threads on PH?
The second thread was to let people who might be living near where this happened know these people are around. If someone heard or experienced anything near me I would appreciate the heads up rather counting the number of threads.Had this a couple of weeks ago too.
Young lad, leather jacket, smart shirt and trousers turns up looking for "Lindsay". Swiftly followed by a well rehearsed "sorry, must've written the address down wrong".
Then my neighbour shouted me over and she said he'd called at her door too. He'd strolled off to try another door along the street, but when he spotted me and Irene talking about him he hustled away around the corner out of sight. Irene, bless her, reported it to the police, but I don't think anything was done about it.
If it was someone "casing the joint" for a robbery, I think I'm pretty safe. There are no keys at all near the door, and I have to shift a snare drum, a crash and a high-hat out of the way to open the door. They'd make a bloody awful racket if someone tried to break in!
Young lad, leather jacket, smart shirt and trousers turns up looking for "Lindsay". Swiftly followed by a well rehearsed "sorry, must've written the address down wrong".
Then my neighbour shouted me over and she said he'd called at her door too. He'd strolled off to try another door along the street, but when he spotted me and Irene talking about him he hustled away around the corner out of sight. Irene, bless her, reported it to the police, but I don't think anything was done about it.
If it was someone "casing the joint" for a robbery, I think I'm pretty safe. There are no keys at all near the door, and I have to shift a snare drum, a crash and a high-hat out of the way to open the door. They'd make a bloody awful racket if someone tried to break in!
Call it in on 101, it'll be a stolen car on cloned plates and could assist if there have been any burglaries in the area. A certain nomadic community have a thing for stealing Audi 'S' models (including the older ones) to use in burglaries as they make for bloody good getaway vehicles.
BOF said:
For reasons of minor crime in our village I recently had a CCTV camera installed - it is trained on our front door and my car.
Had thought about it for years - recently discovered the cost was - in Chelmsford area - £350 total - fixed price - for one camera and the complete job - two hours max.
It will record and keep the results for 30 to 60 days - start at end and write over - so always a running total of minimum 30 days to cover our holidays.
Worth the cost for the extra peace of mind?
BOF
Similarly, after having my garage broken into, I've now got a fair bit of CCTV coverage set up.Had thought about it for years - recently discovered the cost was - in Chelmsford area - £350 total - fixed price - for one camera and the complete job - two hours max.
It will record and keep the results for 30 to 60 days - start at end and write over - so always a running total of minimum 30 days to cover our holidays.
Worth the cost for the extra peace of mind?
BOF
You can get doorbells now that include an intercom that'll go through to your phone so you can see/talk to anyone who rings the bell, no way for them to tell you're not at home when you do so.
InitialDave said:
Similarly, after having my garage broken into, I've now got a fair bit of CCTV coverage set up.
You can get doorbells now that include an intercom that'll go through to your phone so you can see/talk to anyone who rings the bell, no way for them to tell you're not at home when you do so.
Amazon had a deal on WiFi intercom doorbells, made by Ring. I bought one and it's really good. If you're out you can still answer the door to deliveries etc and it has a motion alert mode as well, so it picks up anyone coming up to your door - regardless of whether they ring the bell or not. Best bit, though, is that it's guaranteed by Ring against theft. If it's pinched, they'll replace it FoC.You can get doorbells now that include an intercom that'll go through to your phone so you can see/talk to anyone who rings the bell, no way for them to tell you're not at home when you do so.
Sounds like 'Does Dave live here?' door knock mentioned by Police Sergeant Alfie Moore:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rrb47
(3 days left to listen).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rrb47
(3 days left to listen).
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