Recent content by Walt Dockery

Can you give a step by step on how to do this?

Take another look at the post I originally replied to: "if they chase the perp away then I think it's a win for the homeowner," which was itself in response to a post that was very clearly about chasing after ("catching" them and speculation as to who could run faster) them. Regardless I think...

It makes no difference if he was in front of his house or not - the law did not require him to remain in his vehicle. The law also justified his ultimate use of force. The law can justify each and every thing you do up until the point violence unfolds - your life is going to suck for a good...

So you run after him and say you catch him, what are you prepared to do if HE then chooses to defend himself? Recognize if you use force at this point, you're going to have a very steep and very expensive uphill battle arguing self defense after you have chased the guy. Plus the obvious risk...

No, it doesn't require you to stay inside, but if you go outside and he doesn't "go running" you've very likely just escalated the situation way beyond what anything left outside in your vehicle is worth. You have no way of knowing who will run, who is armed, who will put up a fight etc., he...

You don't get to claim you were protecting yourself after you've run after someone, it doesn't work like that.

Nah, it keeps happening mainly because people don't lock their vehicles and don't have the vigilance of the OP including recording video and continuing to follow up. Stay inside, call the police, and recognize the obvious legal/ethical/safety related differences between defense of self and...

Don't know about you but nothing in my car is worth getting shivved over, facing charges over etc. Yes it could turn out a "win" but there are many many ways it could go very bad for the homeowner and the risk/reward simply isn't there. Keep your vehicles locked, call the police etc going...

Nice review. Beginner question, why the ZE vs. the Z that seems to be more common here, is there any practical difference?

thanks. I have a decent amount of light in front (landscape lighting on dusk to dawn, as are front porch lights) so may go with a combo of both the 2335 and 2385 depending on location and amount of light.

What do you look at to determine if it's low light or not? If I go to HIK website 2385 product page DS-2CD2385FWD-I-Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd. it says "ultra low light network turret camera" in red right under the product number. However, unlike the 2335 it doesn't say "...

Just out of curiousity, why is it possible to have a reasonably reliable ~$40-$50 motion activated floodlight, but it's not easily doable for a camera system? I realize the motions on floods aren't perfect, but they seem to work reasonably well, acceptably low falses and pretty much always...