I know in my County 10 years ago they would have jumped at the chance to ID this guy, Our Sheriff's Dept is so overwhelmed with major violent crimes, beatings, home invasions,Drug and domestic issues that something like this will be degraded as NO big deal if NO crime was committed. For every one person they arrest for crimes like this 10 more will take their place. Our once rural nice living area has turned into a drug infested violent crime crap hole and I think the cops are so overwhelmed and back logged that they have no time anymore. As long as they have a record of it they might use it in the future..who knows
My feelings exactly! It's a shame really. We can't really blame the police for simply not having time to investigate every little complaint when they have much bigger issues on their plate these days. I read a local article this morning saying that unemployment in my town is surging, and I'm certain that there is a direct correlation to the increase in petty crime like theft.
It looks like the same guy in all the videos, although there's no good shot of his face. Something tells me you probably know him or seen him around. He's probably someone in your neighborhood on his way home, and deciding to check out unlocked cars along the way.
Also, he must be having success somewhere. Otherwise, he wouldn't keep trying to get lucky by hoping that someone forgot to lock their car.
There's a pretty small chance that I know this guy. It doesn't seem like they're too worse for wear so they probably aren't too far from home. But you're right about him finding success near by. There's constant awareness campaigns expressing the importance of ensuring that your doors are locked. Seems as though they're checking to see if any alarm indicators are present and if so, it's not worth their while.
I've had these cameras installed for less than a year, and it's been very quiet until recently. In fact, I recorded another incident since creating this thread. This time two young males can be seen. The VW belongs to some friends that were visiting from out of town. I'm not sure why they parked where they did, and I almost asked them to pull their car up further so that if anything happened, I'd get a better shot. I dismissed the thought, thinking "what are the chances", but sure enough, that night, before I'd even gone to bed... the cars in the driveway were checked yet again.
I've considered posting these videos on a local community forum to help raise awareness, but fear that it might paint a target on my house. Maybe it's just me being paranoid? At least then an actual crime could be recorded!
I got a little chuckle from the fact that my new driveway lights seemed to spook the one guy pretty good! The flashing feature was new concept to me, so I'm sure they weren't expecting it. Perhaps he thought someone saw them and was manually flashing the lights. If only I was aware at the time, the lights wouldn't have been the only thing he was running from!
-Jason
