Caught a would-be burglar in the act! Beefing up security?
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My wife was home from work sick and didnt answer the door when it rang. We have a camera on the door and the person ringing wasn't anybody you'd typically expect to call so she didnt answer... I dont blame her.
The chap hung around for a few mins then went off. A few minutes later she walked into the lounge to find the man had climbed down into a lightwell (we're lower ground) and was busy trying to force open a sash window so they came face to face. She shouted at him, to which he laughed - then realised he couldnt just run away, eventually climbed out and hid in the front garden. Crazily she went outside to tell him to f*&k off, and he ran off giving her a jolly SE London 'yeah yeah' when she said she'd called the police. 6 police turned up but didnt find him, although they've got some decent images of him now.
Anyway - short of buying an attack dog, which I'm not doing, is there much we can do? I put a couple of long self tappers through the sash window as we never open it anyway, just in case the window locks weren't good enough. We have a camera at the back of the house, and I'll probably get one for the front now too in addition to the one on the front door which he didnt see. All of our actual doors have multiple locks and are fairly solid, all windows have locks.
We don't have an alarm, but are hopefully moving soon so I'm not too sure about spending loads on one.
I now take the car key to work (just added it to my keyring) as the stuff I really wouldnt want stolen isnt rucksack sized, and thats all this scroat had, so someone couldnt fill the car with goodies now.
What do these guys actually steal? Laptops and ipads are all mac and lockable - is it that or are they just after anything they can grab?
The chap hung around for a few mins then went off. A few minutes later she walked into the lounge to find the man had climbed down into a lightwell (we're lower ground) and was busy trying to force open a sash window so they came face to face. She shouted at him, to which he laughed - then realised he couldnt just run away, eventually climbed out and hid in the front garden. Crazily she went outside to tell him to f*&k off, and he ran off giving her a jolly SE London 'yeah yeah' when she said she'd called the police. 6 police turned up but didnt find him, although they've got some decent images of him now.
Anyway - short of buying an attack dog, which I'm not doing, is there much we can do? I put a couple of long self tappers through the sash window as we never open it anyway, just in case the window locks weren't good enough. We have a camera at the back of the house, and I'll probably get one for the front now too in addition to the one on the front door which he didnt see. All of our actual doors have multiple locks and are fairly solid, all windows have locks.
We don't have an alarm, but are hopefully moving soon so I'm not too sure about spending loads on one.
I now take the car key to work (just added it to my keyring) as the stuff I really wouldnt want stolen isnt rucksack sized, and thats all this scroat had, so someone couldnt fill the car with goodies now.
What do these guys actually steal? Laptops and ipads are all mac and lockable - is it that or are they just after anything they can grab?
Evoquative said:
Smart water marking and stickers for the house? At least helps them get prosecuted if caught.
Good idea - I did think about that so will have another look.The garden camera is nest, and the one on the front door is ring. Both seem to do the job well, although I've ordered a wi-fi extender for the front door area as we sometime miss people at the door.
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