BradnerGirl
In the Brooder
Just curious...did the cops feel like they had probable cause because you had cameras or were there other circumstances that got their attention? I'm not asking for details, just wondering how much attention the cameras drew in the first place. I have cameras on our property. I've decided not to put signs on the property notifying visitors that they're under 24/7 recorded surveillance because I don't want authorities to think we're doing anything illegal. We aren't, but I don't want to be on their "radar," so to speak.
I recently checked into baby monitors and see that the new ones have cameras in them, as well. I decided to go with a day/night vision network camera with sound instead because the camera is rated for outdoor use; the baby monitors are strictly indoor. Even though it would be inside the coop, the camera is in a non-climate-controlled environment. I'm afraid the heat and humidity here would trash an indoor-only device.
I guess you could call it "other circumstances"...We had an old house on our property, the crawl space was inhabited by skunks. The cops mistook the smell as pot. I wonder how much their foolish mistake cost us taxpayers...never mind how traumatized our daughter was when 2 of the 20 cops had her on the ground at gunpoint. My husband called and demanded they phone her and apologize, which they did. We have since demolished the house and got rid of the skunks...getting rid of skunks is a whole other story!