[ale] OT: To catch a thief

[Jeff Hubbs]

IANAL but I think the cop would need a warrant; the evidence from 
camera/tracker/etc would be plenty justification to get one.

On 9/5/12 4:51 PM, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>
> I have a camera on the front of the garage as of a couple weeks ago 
> but I don't know all the kids in the neighborhood.
>
>  I'd like though to be able to track the device to the house, knock on 
> the door (with a cop next to me) and ask for Mom/Dad and explain the 
> kid has my radio.  Just a picture of them in the vehicle might not go 
> far, having proof they have the device in their possession would go 
> much farther if I have to go legal.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Motion sensing camera followed by a visit to the parents.
>
>     On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Robert L. Harris
>     <robert.l.harris at gmail.com <mailto:robert.l.harris at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >   I'm betting we have some kids in the neighborhood that like to
>     go down the
>     > street at 3AM and open any car doors that are unlocked and steal
>     anything
>     > not nailed down they can pawn.  It's happened twice,  the second
>     time
>     > snagging the radio out of my softtop jeep.  i want to catch them
>     and either
>     > hand them to the cops who can't catch them currently.
>     >
>     >   I'm annoyed enough at this point I'm willing to put a $50
>     radio in the
>     > jeep that looks pretty enough (flashing lights?) to get their
>     attention but
>     > I need a way to track it.  I would love to find some form of wifi
>     > transmitter or such I can put inside the case of the radio that
>     I can pick
>     > up with an android wifi tracker or something along those lines.
>     >
>     > Any thoughts?
>     >
>     >
>     >
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