SF car break-ins hit record highs in 2017

Re:SF car break-ins hit record highs in 2017 by ncr100 on Sunday December 31, 2017 @08:43PM (#16044150)

Cars with 360º mixed IR+flash visible-light cameras could help. Window-break detecting alarms connected to the police via cell network, uploading 'I might have just been broken in to' messages.

I've walked past a would-be glass smasher. Grubby baggy-clothed drug user (distinct antsy posture) with a flashlight skulking on poorly lit section of street flicking the light on only to inspect cars. Turned his face from me when I walked past. 2am, walking my stomach-ailing dog in the Hayes.

I've been suspicious of pairs of bicyclists with backpacks, riding in no particular direction, one keeping a distance from another seemingly as a sort of spotter. 10pm near the sf ballet.

Stings might help and be less surveillance-statey than a tech solution.

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Re:SF car break-ins hit record highs in 2017 by DrScump on Monday January 01, 2018 @03:32AM (#16045266)

  Cars with 360º mixed IR+flash visible-light cameras could help.

They won't have any evidence value, since the D.A. won't prosecute (police won't even pursue thieves they see). At best, it could have deterrent value for the ignorant.

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