Dear daniel20-ga;
Yep. I?m in law enforcement. Some of this advice is practical common
sense and some is just downright sneaky. Let?s start with the
practical common sense thing:
Call the police EVERY TIME it happens. Insist that the police make a
written report EVERY TIME it happens. (Yes, I do know how some of them
are. They will get tired of this eventually and actually DO something
about it).
DO NOT tempt this fellow or play games with him. DON?T underestimate
the seriousness of this person?s motives or the potential danger this
guy presents. He thrives on causing fear (messing with your chimes,
etc). He?s sending you a message and if you know what?s good for you
you?ll get it.
If you have a fence, get gate locks. Consider buying a dog.
Let your neighbors know what is happening so someone else will be aware.
Arrange to get a Neighborhood Watch organized and get some Crime Watch
Area signs posted in your neighborhood. You can do this through your
local police department?s Public Relations Division.
Cut bushes back away from your windows so he won?t have any places to
hide out of view.
Remove any stones, bricks or anything else a prowler might climb on to
peek in your windows. Get some blinds or drapes so he can?t peek in
from a distant vantage point.
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Now for the sneaky do-it-yourself stuff (I love this part):
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MOTION LIGHTS
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=motion+light
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=halogen+motion+light&show=dd
These are excellent. I have some on my own house. You can pick them up
for less than $50 bucks and they make some so bright that they?ll
nearly blind the guy. You said he?s shown good ?night skills?. It?s
possible that he?s got some night vision goggles or glasses (they?re
easy to obtain and I?ve known of prowlers, burglars and rapists who
have used them in the past). If so, a motion light in the right place
at the right time will not only defeat night vision lenses and expose
him in the list, it can also burn his retina. If he were to get zapped
by a halogen spotlight while wearing them you?ll get to see a real
cool show. It?s called ?Blind Dude Trying To Escape The Backyard?
Light: $50 - Prowler dance: Priceless
FAKE SECURITY CAMERAS
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=fake+security+camera&show=dd
For under $40 you can buy fake security cameras. The beauty of this is
there?s no wiring. They have a battery in them that flashes a red LED
light to intentionally give away their location while giving the
impression that they are active and recording. Excellent for that
?special? place right above his favorite window. I like to call this
neat little trick of the trade: ?Dude-Be-Gone?
GAME CAMERA
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=game+camera&show=dd
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=deer+camera&btnG=Search+Froogle&show=dd
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?lnk=prsugg&price1&price2=125.00&q=stealth+camera&show=dd
Serious about napping this moron? Get yourself a game camera
(sometimes called a ?deer camera? or a ?stealth camera?). Hunters use
them to capture photos of wild game in their prospective hunting
grounds, but unbeknownst to twinkle-toes outside, this isn?t the same
game you?re going to be hunting for. These little darlings are often
camouflage colored to hide them. The use a roll of simple 110 Kodak
film just like the old days. You just attach it to a tree or in the
bushes or on a nearby building and when he slinks by in the night the
camera?s motion sensor will pick it up and snap a photo of his smiling
face suitable for framing. You can even pick one up at your local
Wal-Mart too:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/search-ng.gsp?search_constraint=0&search_query=stealth+camera&ics=20&ico=0
Let?s call this one ?The Wal-Martyr?. Has a nice ring to it, huh?
TRIP WIRE
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=trip+wire+alarm&show=dd&price1=&price2=&rad=on
This one is cool. I love it so much I might just get one for myself.
It?s called a ?Trip Wire?. For $29 bucks you can set this little jewel
out in your yard and the minute your ?guest? walks through the beam,
EEEK-EEEK-EEEK! The piercing alarm goes off and runs him back into his
hole like a scared rat. After a while, and some tricking daily moment
of the thing on your part, he?ll eventually get the message and start
looking for someone easier to spy on.
ROBO DOG
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=barking+motion+alarm&show=dd
This is another one that?s fun to watch if you ever get the chance.
Robo Dog is a motion alarm that doesn?t ring or honk or squeal ? it
BARKS like a rapid dog. It won?t hurt the guy but if it catches him in
your backyard it?ll sure make him hurt himself.
PEPPER SPRAY
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=pepper+spray&show=dd
No, it?s not like you think. You?re not going to chase him down and
confront the guy. Get some pepper spray and give any hiding places
around your yard a good dousing of the stuff. Places like under your
windows (outside) where he might linger or behind trees on the side
facing away from the house where he might stop and put his hands. If
he sneaks in under your window or behind a tree for example and
lingers there for a few minutes his whole world will catch on fire.
Makes for another real satisfying visual performance too, I might
add..
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Request for Answer Clarification by
daniel20-ga
on
18 Oct 2005 01:01 PDT
FINALLY. Some "real" advice.
Yes, this is along the lines of what I was looking for. Including the
attitude. Although you were more tame than I was going for -- forget
legal implications, this guy is a creep and he should've had the crap
beat out of him a long time ago.
I have a motion light already set up, my dad hooked it up to an
insanely bright industrial light that will even make the neighbors get
up out of bed. It's great because I can point the motion detector
anywhere I want, it's on a cord and pointed at my bedroom window. It's
still limited because he can actually stand far away from my windows
to see inside.
The pepper spray and robodog are PRICELESS SUGGESTIONS. For $60, I can
push a button on a remote and have a mean rottweiler bark outside
whenever I think he's there. Or I can let the sensor get him.
Pepperspray --- I kind of wanted to chase him down and do a little
more to him than just pepperspray him, actually... but spraying down
the areas, the tree, and the fence I know he's perused is a great
idea.
As was the game camera. I didn't know those existed. Just a flash bulb
going off when the camera detects his body heat & motion is enough to
scare the crap out of him.
The peepster hasn't been here lately. Either that or I just became
less suspicious and paranoid. If he should happen to start walking
through our yards again, he'll have an awful bad time.
Anyone else have good ideas along these lines?
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