Neighbor has cameras directly facing our door and our next door neighbors door

Somebody used to not clean up after their dog pooped on my lawn. That hasn't happened even once since I installed the surveillance camera!

I intentionally bought a camera that looks like your stereotypical security camera so it would act as a deterrent more so than actually catching someone in the act of doing something wrong. My neighborhood is pretty safe and I don't think there's much of a problem with break-ins.
 
Nathan said:
a loud siren, which is the deterrence.
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Most security cameras now have two way communication, motion sensors and sirens built into them. You can program the camera to blast a loud siren if you want that you can turn off from your phone.
 

Knight said:
You didn't mention you having a camera for viewing activity that can take place at your front door/deck.

Your neighbors camera pointed at your front door/deck could record something that would benefit you. While waiting to move in 3 months the suggestion to check with local law enforcement seems to me to be the best advice.
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After my son-in-law was critically injured by a deliberate hit & run driver, my wife's son(former LEO) canvassed the neighborhood to see if people's security cameras recorded the assault. He turned over the evidence to the Sheriff's Dept. and they were able to locate, arrest and charge this adam-henry with attempted murder.
 
Nathan said:
After my son-in-law was critically injured by a deliberate hit & run driver, my wife's son(former LEO) canvassed the neighborhood to see if people's security cameras recorded the assault. He turned over the evidence to the Sheriff's Dept. and they were able to locate, arrest and charge this adam-henry with attempted murder.
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Christopher Watts, who murdered his wife and two daughters, was convicted in part with evidence from a neighbor's security camera. There's an interesting documentary on Netflix about it.
 
Nathan said:
I don't have any cameras, just a basic alarm system with motion and door sensors , and a loud siren, which is the deterrence. Cameras do not help deter a bugler from completing a breaking/entering burglary attempt. All the crooks wear hoodies and face masks, so even if you do get a good image to share with the police, identifying them may not be possible. Even so, your belongings are long gone anyway, good luck with suing and collecting from the crook.
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My comments were directed at those who believe neighbor cameras are directed at them. At any rate the best defense against burglars is not cameras, it’s choosing a neighborhood with a very low crime rate, and here is a useful source …
www.areavibes.com
 
ElCastor said:
My comments were directed at those who believe neighbor cameras are directed at them. At any rate the best defense against burglars is not cameras, it’s choosing a neighborhood with a very low crime rate, and here is a useful source …
www.areavibes.com
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My livability rating was 62 since I am out in the sticks. But nobody has a camera pointed at any part of my house!
 
Blessed said:
I think I would try to find some things in the garage that look like a camera and hang them all facing his house. I would borrow the grandon's telescope and put it on the porch pointing that way. To further make him understand I would a put a pair of binoculars by the front door. Grab them and hang them around your neck every time you step out of the house.

I bet he will call the cops the first couple of days. Just explain he put cameras up first and you wanted him to understand it makes people uncomfortable to have things pointed at your doors and windows. Outdoor cameras are used to focus on his own front door, his driveway, his garden shed, his gates. They are not to be used to be a voyeur into other peoples homes. That is called a peeping Tom, a stalker and it is against the law.
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This is excellent, thank you. My husband has taken your advice. Odd that he has not been back home since I posted this
 
Bella said:
Laura, I'm sorry you have to deal with this whack job, neighbor. He's definitely off his nut. Fortunately, you'll be moving soon. In the meantime, I'd take Olivia's suggestion and look into privacy laws and the use of surveillance cameras in your state. Depending on where you live, it might be perfectly legal for him to have a camera pointing anywhere, including directly at your front and back doors and windows, as long as it's on his property. If that's the case, calling law enforcement will do no good because they can't do anything about it.

For some privacy, you can look into hanging porch screens or curtains, but if you don't want to hang screens or curtains on your porch, you might want to look into self-adhesive one-way reflective film that you can cut to size and apply to the inside of your windows. It's relatively inexpensive, and you can find rolls of it at Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, and Lowe's.

One Way Window Film Non-adhesivedaytime Privacy Reflective | Etsy


Roller curtains
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There are a lot of ideas for porch privacy screens in the link below. Some can be pretty pricey, so you'll want to consider how much you want to invest considering you'll be moving in a few months.

porch and deck privacy screens curtains at DuckDuckGo

Hang in there, Laura. 🤗
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Great Suggestions, that's exactly what we were looking for. Thank you.
 
ElCastor said:
We don’t have a burglary problem around here, but at one time I had a fake camera over my front door and some neighbors have cameras built into their door bell, a camera that can relay pictures to their cell phone when they are not home. Can you be sure that a neighbor camera is really aimed at you?
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I can't be 100% sure but it appears that way. There are about 3 of them that we know of. What's odd he is converted part of his house into a studio apartment, never got permits. He's the illegal one with much to lose so not sure why he's trying to provoke us all. Thank Goodness he's not been back home. Hopefully he's in jail.
 
caramel said:
I bought a security camera because every time I go outside, there's something on my property that tells me that the neighbors are on my property when I'm not there to see it. I'll need proof to accuse anyone, although it's pretty clear who the main culprits are.

It's really hard to place a camera anywhere on the house that only shows the house because it's facing outward. The only vantage point that only shows my property is from the street, and I can't mount a camera in the street.
I really don't care what my neighbors do on their own property, but to protect mine, I have to record, inadvertently, directing toward their house.

I've been hesitating on putting it up because I have concerns about how the neighbors will balk since they're the ones that are doing the activity they shouldn't be doing.
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I sure hope it gets better soon. It's amazing how many here have cameras. Problem neighbors are more frequent than I realized
 
Nathan said:
Just curious- how do you know that the neighbor is mentally ill, and has a rap sheet? Many people have security cameras around their house, the Ring Doorbell cameras are usually mounted by the front door, and point outward, which would capture the scene on the street, and any houses across the street.
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I looked him up at a few neighboring County Court websites. I didn't pay for an official background check. Our county has no online mechanism to check but we've learned enough to be very uncomfortable
 
I was having the spare tire on my pickup stolen pretty regularly until I taped 2 double edge razor blades to the big wingnut that holds the tire in. :eek:

This was in the 70's and I'm sure ....I...would be jailed for booby trapping nowadays.

Darn it. :)
 
Uncle Bozo said:
I was having the spare tire on my pickup stolen pretty regularly until I taped 2 double edge razor blades to the big wingnut that holds the tire in. :eek:

This was in the 70's and I'm sure ....I...would be jailed for booby trapping nowadays.

Darn it. :)
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That's too funny, good for you
 
Laura Lou, you're not dealing with a rational person. Since you said you were soon leaving the area, I'd just live with it for now. Your neighbor already believes you are out to get him. If you start putting up blinds and sheets to block his cameras, that will just confirm his suspicions. Why else would you be hiding behind them, except that you are plotting against him. And you are not dealing with a rational person. I would make sure he couldn't see inside the home.
 

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