Kawboy12R
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If it's for a defense attorney, "legal aid" should probably be spent on a 1 way ticket back to where they came from. That'll aid the legal system.
3 teens in west San Jose home breakin (11am Sat. Dec. 9)
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mat200
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Hi Rksgrd,
It may also depend on the needs of the DA for evidence. I can see during the investigation there is a lower need for chain of custody issues, while if this evidence is needed in a trial the chain of custody issue becomes significant.
crc2004
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There are so many ways to share videos online (youtube, google drive.....) it amazes me that law enforcement wouldn't at least look at the online version first and then pickup a physical copy later if they need to maintain a "chain of custody".
Anyone know if they had outside cameras?
Anyone know if they had outside cameras?
Tygunn
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When I sent videos to the postmaster general I just sent them via Google Drive. No issues.
SJPD unfortunately is hit and miss with property crime. They did a good job busting a gang committing a series of break-ins in my area a year back, but other things (like the video I have of a guy trying to find a hidden key to break into my house) they just don't even bother investigating.
SJPD unfortunately is hit and miss with property crime. They did a good job busting a gang committing a series of break-ins in my area a year back, but other things (like the video I have of a guy trying to find a hidden key to break into my house) they just don't even bother investigating.
bababouy
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A youtube link is good for sharing video with an officer or deputy so that they can ID someone or see what happened during the incident, but any video that is used in court or may be used in court needs to be a raw clip, unedited, and in a format so that it can be viewed on any PC, usually .avi. When we have an incident we usually pull video and send the responding officers a youtube link. If the case goes to a detective, they usually need the clip on a disc. We usually burn the original clips on a disc and include a edited version, from multiple camera views, to tell the story. The chain of command is important in the prosecution process. Usually the detective needs to take the video from us or the recorder. They will then provide a receipt for the flash drive or disc, which shows where the video came from.
Just FYI, here's a different post I just saw on Nextdoor today, also in San Jose. This one apparently just trying to get out of the cold. But I wonder, with no report, for the purposes of official statistics it did not happen?
"[Re: Homeless...] Yes please lock up! Even though the lights were on in our house and making a great deal of noise, one came in to sleep in our house a few weeks ago. Their head was 5 feet away from where we were flushing the toilet in the adjacent room. They were also watching me do laundry for 2 hours in a blocked area of the room.
...They had a miscommunication with dispatch and pulled my husband, baby and myself out at gunpoint and after telling them the actual situation they checked the guy was not hiding anywhere and left without taking our info or making a report.
[ An intruder was sleeping in your home, and law enforcement didn't even take a report..??? ]
...Nope. The person even left a bag of socks on the dryer in that room that I initially thought were my husband's and let dispatch know after the officers were gone and was told to toss or donate them. That's when we realized and told them the person had been in the house for at least two hours. My baby was in the crib a room over, so if the bathroom door had not been locked the person could have been in the room with her. Since nothing seemed to be taken, officers said it looked like they only went in to sleep and get out from the cold, and dismissed everything."
"[Re: Homeless...] Yes please lock up! Even though the lights were on in our house and making a great deal of noise, one came in to sleep in our house a few weeks ago. Their head was 5 feet away from where we were flushing the toilet in the adjacent room. They were also watching me do laundry for 2 hours in a blocked area of the room.
...They had a miscommunication with dispatch and pulled my husband, baby and myself out at gunpoint and after telling them the actual situation they checked the guy was not hiding anywhere and left without taking our info or making a report.
[ An intruder was sleeping in your home, and law enforcement didn't even take a report..??? ]
...Nope. The person even left a bag of socks on the dryer in that room that I initially thought were my husband's and let dispatch know after the officers were gone and was told to toss or donate them. That's when we realized and told them the person had been in the house for at least two hours. My baby was in the crib a room over, so if the bathroom door had not been locked the person could have been in the room with her. Since nothing seemed to be taken, officers said it looked like they only went in to sleep and get out from the cold, and dismissed everything."
There's definitely a security-convenience tradeoff. I presume the person posting this had the door unlocked, and it wouldn't have happened if it was locked. Most people will give up on arming a security system quickly after a few false alarms (though apparently not one of my neighbors, annoyingly...)
My system has a "voice alert" setting which simply says "Front Door" (or whatever) in a pleasant tone in my office whenever a door opens, even with the alarm off. That's more workable long-term, and a few times it let me know a door wasn't latched and had blown open in the wind.
My system has a "voice alert" setting which simply says "Front Door" (or whatever) in a pleasant tone in my office whenever a door opens, even with the alarm off. That's more workable long-term, and a few times it let me know a door wasn't latched and had blown open in the wind.