Bernina
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Grabbed a screen shot of the nieghbors and AF's home, pre-remodeling, so it's that green house.
ADT has 24 hour monitoring, anything caught on video would be stored at one of their monitoring centers, for how long, I don't know, but it's a plus if LE wants to go backwards in time. If the neighbors were storing their own video, they would more than likely have a removable hard drive that LE could take or download to a disk. Those units store no less than 30 days of video before they re-write over the previous video.
The camera being used by that neighbor is a "bullet" camera. If this part of a "security package", the least amount of range I could find is 65' with the infra red illuminators (IR). That means the camera could pick up fairly clear images at 65' in the dark.
I did a quick line structure to show the range that covers AF's house. That particular camera the way it's placed losses part of it's left side video because it's catching the edge of the house and wall, but it should have a clear view of the front of AF's garage and anyone who is walking to or from the front door. Not going "in" or "out" of the door, but definitely once out of the vestibule.
That type of camera usually has a 45 degree visual range, the eaves from both houses reduce the upper range.
The question is: Did the neighbor have a 4, 8, or ? camera system, and where and what were they pointed towards? They don't have pan or tilt which it looks like ADT is now installing with their dome cameras. (unless they have mixed cameras)
The law in Arizona specifies that cameras can't be pointed in an area where a neighbor would expect a reasonable amount of privacy, bedroom windows, bathrooms, over privacy/perimeter fences. Your front yard and driveway doesn't have that "privacy" if it is exposed to street traffic that can visually see it. Now pointing a camera directly across the street at someone's place is an entirely different situation. LE could be called to have them see what exactly was being streamed and tell the owner to adjust the angle lower.
I don't have a cell phone, but there is a setting for night pics. If you set your phone for that and scan it around a neighborhood in the dark, you can see where IR is being used, and in neighborhood like AF's, that would indicate security cameras at the point where the illumination starts. Miss D, if you happen to go into that neighborhood on another night, you should check it out. Many Sony cameras also have a "night shot" setting.
My brother has been installing security systems for almost 30 years (private contractor) and uses his phone to make sure the IR's on a camera are working properly. (Shield the camera, and place the phone in front of the IR bulbs)
ADT has 24 hour monitoring, anything caught on video would be stored at one of their monitoring centers, for how long, I don't know, but it's a plus if LE wants to go backwards in time. If the neighbors were storing their own video, they would more than likely have a removable hard drive that LE could take or download to a disk. Those units store no less than 30 days of video before they re-write over the previous video.
The camera being used by that neighbor is a "bullet" camera. If this part of a "security package", the least amount of range I could find is 65' with the infra red illuminators (IR). That means the camera could pick up fairly clear images at 65' in the dark.
I did a quick line structure to show the range that covers AF's house. That particular camera the way it's placed losses part of it's left side video because it's catching the edge of the house and wall, but it should have a clear view of the front of AF's garage and anyone who is walking to or from the front door. Not going "in" or "out" of the door, but definitely once out of the vestibule.
That type of camera usually has a 45 degree visual range, the eaves from both houses reduce the upper range.
The question is: Did the neighbor have a 4, 8, or ? camera system, and where and what were they pointed towards? They don't have pan or tilt which it looks like ADT is now installing with their dome cameras. (unless they have mixed cameras)
The law in Arizona specifies that cameras can't be pointed in an area where a neighbor would expect a reasonable amount of privacy, bedroom windows, bathrooms, over privacy/perimeter fences. Your front yard and driveway doesn't have that "privacy" if it is exposed to street traffic that can visually see it. Now pointing a camera directly across the street at someone's place is an entirely different situation. LE could be called to have them see what exactly was being streamed and tell the owner to adjust the angle lower.
I don't have a cell phone, but there is a setting for night pics. If you set your phone for that and scan it around a neighborhood in the dark, you can see where IR is being used, and in neighborhood like AF's, that would indicate security cameras at the point where the illumination starts. Miss D, if you happen to go into that neighborhood on another night, you should check it out. Many Sony cameras also have a "night shot" setting.
My brother has been installing security systems for almost 30 years (private contractor) and uses his phone to make sure the IR's on a camera are working properly. (Shield the camera, and place the phone in front of the IR bulbs)
