Home Security Lights - Intruder Detected

Duh · Guru

Home Security Lights - Intruder Detected

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Glad he didn't get anything Vic, but was he caught?

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Sure it wasn't wombat or dazren mate, they both snoop around at night.

Duh · Guru

Not that I am aware of Gerty, I yelled at him through the window so he knew he had been spotted, probably took off really quick.

You might have a point there Doug, when I think of it there was a resemblance, couldn't see any wombat poo out there though.

At least the intruder didn't get into our two vehicles and our fuel hadn't been tampered with etc.

JRH · Guru

Duh wrote:
Not that I am aware of Gerty, I yelled at him through the window so he knew he had been spotted, probably took off really quick.
You might have a point there Doug, when I think of it there was a resemblance, couldn't see any wombat poo out there though.
At least the intruder didn't get into our two vehicles and our fuel hadn't been tampered with etc.

Wombat would have come up from beneath the car port??????????

GaryKelly · Guru

I've been the victim of a couple of break-ins and I can tell you it ain't fun. I surprised myself one time by shoving a bloke against a wall but he was too slippery and managed to escape. Good thing he did or I would have wrung his neck. Jeez those low life make me puke.

Duh · Guru

Thanks Bryan, lived here at this address for 24 years and so far haven't been burgled, place next door has been done over twice (but not recently) and another two doors down just recently and once before. We've been lucky so far....it always worries me going away although we take security measures we never know what we might find when we return.

-- Edited by Duh on Sunday 29th of September 2013 10:10:02 PM

johnq · Guru

I have found that Clipsal Infrascan are the cat's whiskers for outside use. Other cheaper units fall to bits from UV, and the operation is not as good.

The good thing is that the family can go outside at night without the need to switch lights on and off.

I wish I had put more incandescent bulbs to one side for the units though. Because the 'green' (hah!) 'compact' (phooey!) fluorescent bulbs legislated for by Malcolm Turnbull do not last when used for that purpose.

It would be good to have some cheap but robust, wireless video security cameras hard wired to the Infrascans along with the lights. Waiting on technology and price reductions.

johnq · Guru

GaryKelly wrote:
I've been the victim of a couple of break-ins and I can tell you it ain't fun. I surprised myself one time by shoving a bloke against a wall but he was too slippery and managed to escape. Good thing he did or I would have wrung his neck. Jeez those low life make me puke.

You had better watch it with the brute strength, Tiger. Any Cougars reading will come after you.

Duh · Guru

JRH wrote:
Duh wrote:
You might have a point there Doug, when I think of it there was a resemblance, couldn't see any wombat poo out there though.
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Wombat would have come up from beneath the car port??????????

Yeh.......sneaky bugger... wink

milo · Guru

thats no good, I too have been broken into once, furious disbelief

Duh · Guru

Yes it has been happening a lot around our area Milo, not too sure why, been pretty good up until recently... furious

Bryan · Guru

It does seem to be on the increase. Glad nothing was taken and no damage Vic.

herbie · Guru

Just be aware Vic these low life some times do a reccy,so the next time they visit they only take a few secs /mins to rob you.

These type have no skills other than the skills to rob honest people.

johnq · Guru

Good suburb, but the pharmacy, local doctor and dentist in the little shopping centre started getting robbed about 6 years ago, when a 7-Eleven opened at the shops. It must attract them into the suburb.

In recent years I found a balaclava stowed under the Golden Cane outside our house and another time a replica Glock pistol was found hidden next to a neighbour's fence post. In the last few weeks ago I chance encountered a well built bloke in his late teens, no shoes, on the front balcony in the early afternoon (a popular time for home burglary). I asked him what he wanted and he said he was lost on the way to the railway station. He took off, which was lucky for me because he had one of those early Holden hubcap removers, steel and about 300mm, in his hand.

As I say, this is in a respectable, quiet 'burb.

In Australia the number of home burglaries has been rising for years. Unfortunately the clearance rate has been going the other way.

In Qld and most States and Territories outside of NSW you have to be careful how you defend yourself. The standard of proof is reversed and you the defending homebody could be the one in the dock.

Here is NSW, good for them. I wish Qld would catch up:

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20111

Duh · Guru

herbie wrote:
Just be aware Vic these low life some times do a reccy,so the next time they visit they only take a few secs /mins to rob you.
These type have no skills other than the skills to rob honest people.

Thanks herbie, we are also having a spate of cars being set alight at night in peoples carports in adjoining suburbs which is a bit of a worry too. Good to bear in mind too that these lowlifes also do the odd trip around oz using these skills to fund their trip along the way.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Duh wrote:
Not that I am aware of Gerty, I yelled at him through the window so he knew he had been spotted, probably took off really quick.
You might have a point there Doug, when I think of it there was a resemblance, couldn't see any wombat poo out there though.
At least the intruder didn't get into our two vehicles and our fuel hadn't been tampered with etc.

Did you check the vege garden though confuse biggrin

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

NOT GUILTY biggrin biggrin

Duh · Guru

Nah......not Wombat......although from the backside on the intruder that I saw it could be, just managed to sqeeze between the roller door and the car. wink biggrin

QueenKombi · Senior Member

Same out my way which I always though would be too far away from town for people to come and attempt break-ins, but recently and just down the road from me, a couple took their dog for a walk early afternoon and came home to find the kitchen window broken and jewellery and cash missing. They were only gone a short time and you'd have to think someone was watching the place, but as far as I know, nobody has been caught for it.

A couple of months ago and about 2klm from me, a chap heard a noise during the night. At first he dismissed it as animals, but got up to investigate and when he put on the back light a ute started up and took off down his long drive with another ute following without lights. He soon realised that the first ute was his own and loaded up with $40,000 worth of his tools.

I haven't seen any statistics, but I believe a lot of this started when John Howard brought in the firearm laws. The only ones who have serious firearms these days are the crooks and they don't need them because they know that the chances of encountering a home owner with a gun is highly remote. The crooks are also fully aware that the home owner will get into more trouble than the early settlers if he/she discharges a firearm.

When I come home late after a PM shift, I'm never sure what I'll find. I keep the gate locked, but that doesn't stop them. The old saying that crooks are too lazy to earn their ill gotten gains is out of date. They don't mind a bit of a walk and having to carry stuff to a waiting vehicle!

I was broken into during the day back in late January 1999 and the feeling that gets you when you come home from work and realise that someone has been in your house and may even be still there hiding is far from pleasant. I walked through the house, carving knife in hand as I peeked through all the door cracks to make sure nobody was hiding behind one or in a corner. I also slid the wardrobe doors open to make sure they weren't hiding there too. Having the knife was stupid really. If the intruder had of sprung out and surprised me, it might well have been me doing 8 years for manslaughter when in all my life I've never had so much as a speeding fine (touch wood.)

Duh · Guru

Scary stuff QK, I think someone could have been watching our place during the day (eg; driving past etc) and noticed my campervan was missing and thought I was away (I have taken it to an address where I store it under cover).

I also get a suss looking bloke who rides around the neighbourhood on a mountain bike, stares in at properties but avoids eye contact if he sees you out front. Neighbour two doors down left there trailer on the verge briefly and a 4WD came along, hooked up and took off with it during the day. One neighbour saw it but didn't take any notice or number etc as they thought the owner had lent it to them.

Same place has been broken into twice, once they left the radio on while they went shopping, when they got back it had been burgled. The radio had been turned off, obviously so the burglar could hear if they returned.

More recently, they went away on holiday and had someone take their dog to care for it while they were away (a good watchdog when it is there) and when they returned the place had been ransacked and even their safe broken into. Things like this tend to make you look at people passing by in vehicles or on foot with suspicion.

QueenKombi · Senior Member

Duh wrote:
Scary stuff QK, I think someone could have been watching our place during the day (eg; driving past etc) and noticed my campervan was missing and thought I was away (I have taken it to an address where I store it under cover).
I also get a suss looking bloke who rides around the neighbourhood on a mountain bike, stares in at properties but avoids eye contact if he sees you out front. Neighbour two doors down left there trailer on the verge briefly and a 4WD came along, hooked up and took off with it during the day. One neighbour saw it but didn't take any notice or number etc as they thought the owner had lent it to them.
Same place has been broken into twice, once they left the radio on while they went shopping, when they got back it had been burgled. The radio had been turned off, obviously so the burglar could hear if they returned.
More recently, they went away on holiday and had someone take their dog to care for it while they were away (a good watchdog when it is there) and when they returned the place had been ransacked and even their safe broken into. Things like this tend to make you look at people passing by in vehicles or on foot with suspicion.

That dreadful Duh. And unfortunately it's an escalating problem. The crooks are getting smarter and the do-gooders don't want people chastised "too harshly!"

These people are so brazen too. Fancy hooking up to your neighbour's trailer like that!

It's also getting very hard to describe a potential offender to police. The latest crazy American gangster trend is for young people to get around in "hoodies" making it very difficult to see their faces or describe them.

herbie · Guru

Just thought I would add this piece of info ... a caravan was stolen from Injune QLD, lucky for the people who had it nicked, it was recovered and two men arrested and charged.

Very lucky for the owners of this van as reports say only one van is recovered out of every hundred stolen.