Meanie wrote:
"mike" wrote in message
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If you want to prevent smash and grab, spend your money preventing
the smash. Bars on the windows are much more effective than cameras
on the windows.

Bars on windows are big no nos with the fire dept. They not only look
hideous, they can trap someone inside if there is a fire.

ALL of my window burglar bars open with locks that cannot be manipulated
from outside. I caution any overnight guests that, in case of fire, go for a
window, not a door. The burglar-barred doors are key-locked from both the
outside and the inside.

If the squints DO get in, they'll have to haul their haul out through a
window, which would discourage them from stealing my $1,200 dishwasher (that
I got for forty bucks).

I have no real experience with security cameras but you might consider
attaching whatever you select to a UPS. Those who de-feather chickens as a
hobby often cut the power to a building in hopes of disabling security
devices.