Numb-nuts 1 Posted December 17, 2012 Domestic CCTV users being targeted for anti-social-behaviour (ASB) The worst thing you can do if you are being targeted by neighborhood youths is confront them. If this is something that you have done in the past, you may have unwittingly precipitated this behavior yourself. Having a CCTV system in your home, is likely to increase the chances that you might do it again. Great, now you have CCTV use it to your ADVANTAGE. Always make sure that anyone passing your property KNOWS you have CCTV by making very sure you put up signs that can be readily seen, and do not hide cameras. Hidden cameras have no deterrent effect whatsoever. If groups of youths are gathering outsideor near your home, and their behaviour is making you increasingly nervous, simply sound your intruder alarm, the noise will eventually drive them away if not immediately. If they're up to no good they'll go immediately thinking “I don't want to be here when police arrive” DON'T go out and confront the offenders, the best thing you can do is stay calm and hit the panic button on your house alarm and if necessary call police. Confronting offenders at best makes the problem worse and at worst could get you injured or killed JUST DON'T DO IT !!! “ but they're damaging my car” my answer, “Cars can be repaired” A word about cars, if you bought CCTV to watch over one or more cars, park them as close to your home as you can even if it is on the street, set your DVR beeper to beep on motion detection and then if you see someone interfering with your car you can sound your intruder alarm. The last thing vandals and thieves want is attention and alarms get them attention It's also a good idea to get your DVR connected to your TV set, or view on your computer or both, so that when you hear something you can respond in a calm manner. Also it's a useful idea to connect a wireless mouse to your DVR and have the mouse by your TV. The range of most wireless mice is about 10m or 30ft, but if your DVR is out of range, purchase a USB extension cable and run it to a convenient place within range of your TV and insert the dongle there. This is a neat trick I use on many of my commercial installations, I usually run USB extensions inside the ceiling cavity but it only needs to be close enough to the TV location for the mouse to work and the dongle doesn't need to be in view. Now relax and let the CCTV work for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites