Second burglary and almost all my birds dead!!!

[JerryR708]

I have a network security system that records 24/7 and covers all areas of my property. We have Castle Doctrine where I live. If it were me that this happened to, I'd park my car in the garage and close the door. I'd dust the lenses of all my cameras, make sure there's enough space available on the harddrive, clean my .44, and then post on FB that I'm going out of town for a couple of days. It wouldn't be the first time we had to take care of things ourselves because the police didn't want to be bothered.

I love the idea, but he would end up like that Texas vigilante that killed those two teen burglars and spend life in prison for premeditated murder.

 

[AllynTal]

I love the idea, but he would end up like that Texas vigilante that killed those two teen burglars and spend life in prison for premeditated murder.

How would it be murder if you don't kill anyone? Seriously. If they think you're not home, and they come back, you capture them on the security camera. Then you have evidence that the police might actually act on. The .44 is for my own personal protection in case the intruders have nefarious intentions once they find that I haven't gone out of town and have caught them in the act. What kind of clod would think that I was suggesting luring them to the house in order to shoot them? Seriously. This is what we did (minus the FB posting) in order to get evidence on a guy that was vandalizing our motorcycles. The police wouldn't even take a report on it until we had video evidence. We haven't been without a security system since then.

 

[thomasboyle]

I would get some motion sensor trail cameras and mount them up high so no one can mess with them. I have 4 of them around my place for predator monitoring, but they work for people monitoring too.