The last three times I called the police they made it clear they were only going to take a report so I could give it to insurance. One time the burglar was still inside (we let the police know this) and we watched the cop checked the door (locked) and left. We then watched the burglar walk into the room with the DVR and our cameras went out. The next day the dvr was gone so we couldn't even hold the cops accountable.
Another time we put up wanted posters, a couple of people ID'd him (they told us where he was squatting but didn't know his name) after a week of calls the cops finally go to check it out but by that point he'd left.
Anyway that's a long way of saying unless a third party needs a police report I don't bother wasting my time reporting anything.
"We then watched the burglar walk into the room with the DVR and our cameras went out"
I must congratulate you on not using a cloud service for registering your surveillance videos. On the DVR note, mine is on the ceiling above a TV. Cables come down a short height to the TV.
"One time the burglar was still inside (we let the police know this) and we watched the cop checked the door (locked) and left"
Didn't the police take your key to unlock the door?
> I must congratulate you on not using a cloud service for registering your surveillance videos. On the DVR note, mine is on the ceiling above a TV. Cables come down a short height to the TV.
This predated anything like that. I had to build the system myself, complete with analog cameras and a capture card (or two?) rated in frames per second. After that we put the DVR in the ceiling too.
For a later break in they cut the power and internet cables. Had backup power but didn't think about internet. Got a cell backup after that, but it was never needed. Shortly after that this jerk hit some guys store for the third time and the owner had been sleeping inside with a pistol. Didn't shoot him but pistol whipped him and roughed him up until the cops showed up. No more break-ins in our neighborhood and the urgent care doctors a few doors down didn't have the copper stolen from their air conditioner ever again.
> Didn't the police take your key to unlock the door?
No, we weren't there to help. We called 911 back to tell them the burglar was still inside but the cop had determined 'there was no signs of forced entry' so he left. We were a bt over an hour away with family at the time and wanted them to stay while we drove over but he had already made his determination that there was nothing more he could do, I guess.
Another time we put up wanted posters, a couple of people ID'd him (they told us where he was squatting but didn't know his name) after a week of calls the cops finally go to check it out but by that point he'd left.
Anyway that's a long way of saying unless a third party needs a police report I don't bother wasting my time reporting anything.