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by nedwin·4y ago·view on hn ↗
Def sounds like shitty behaviour from your neighbours.

In terms of decreasing crime I live in Oakland in a duplex. Downstairs was empty and crooks broke in and stole a bunch of stuff over several hours earlier this year. We only had a camera doorbell for our upstairs unit and I have footage of one of the crooks walking around the corner with a crowbar, seeing the camera and immediately turning around and walking away. The camera was a huge deterrent for them and I believe the only reason our upstairs didn't get broken into where we were fast asleep.

We now have cameras on every door + a floodlight in the backyard.

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A middle option could be to install a fake ring camera as a deterrent without the privacy hazards.
You could do that. The cheapest and easiest option is just to get yard signs saying that you are recording 24/7. Nest, Ring, and others sell there. There are plenty of generic ones too. If you want to use video cameras as a deterrent, you need to make sure people think you actually have them.

I sometimes see people with their cameras pretty well hidden. That's not going to work as a deterrent!

I use both strategies. I have an obvious camera on my porch pointed at my front door. I also have a camera hidden in a bush near the opposite side of the porch. Any potential troublemaker turning away from the obvious camera gives me a perfect view of their face from the hidden one.
Good idea on the flood lights have you thought of night vision as well because it can become very difficult to see in low light situation.

what i also suggest is play police radio. nothing scares this demographic than hearing police radio chatter describing what is happening

Shitty behavior how? There is nothing illegal about recordings your neighbors driveway.
There's a difference between illegal and shitty.

Shitty = you ask your neighbour not to point their cameras at your house, and they ignore you. Seems unnecessary.

And so you may have a different opinion of your neighbor. They share a different opinion. Some Karen's think it is shitty for you to park in front of their house on a public street.