Since we introduced the # CrimeWatch tag, the number of topics has increased significantly. So, in this issue of Community Chit-Chat, letâs talk about what you usually do when you discover a thief/intruder/suspicious person.
Do you use the Alert feature to drive them away? Inform your neighbors? Call the police? Or do you have other methods? Feel free to discuss in the comments.
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I usually scare them off or confront them depending on the time of day. Itâs fun watching them bolt or hear them try and conjure some sort of defense.
I literally leave a baseball bat next to my front door for this very reason.
If I canât get to my firearm fast enough, I can at least grab the bat as Iâm running out the front door to confront the criminal.
Convenience and readiness is key.
I have always used Homebase to set up flashing lights and sound alarms, which scared away a person who entered my yard. However, I still called the police because I thought he might go to my neighborâs house next. But the officer said that the person had covered his face, so it might not be possible to identify him in a short
Actually, I will clearly write âThere is surveillance here.â Rather than catching them on camera, I prefer to keep them away. Prevention is always more effective than remedying the situation afterward. In fact, my eufy security system has never captured any strange people daring to enter my yard. Itâs a psychological deterrent
I always sound the alarms and the spotlight and call 911 directly after. I feel the alarms and spotlight do more than the cops could at this point because your drawing attention to them and they get freaked out and run and then know to not mess with my house or car again. If I called police first then the intruders could have gotten in my house or car or wherever already and then have gotten away all before the police could have gotten there. Idk what I would do without my eufy cameras to scare people off. I donât think I could ever live without them honestly. Or even go without them for 24 hours. I just wouldnât feel safe or able to sleep at night knowing I donât have my eufy cameras. Thanks eufy!!!
I would start with trying to scare them away with my alarm and if that doesnât do the trick Iâm going to tell them through the mic on my camera that they have 10 seconds to vacate my property because past that 10 seconds I will consider you a threat and in order to protect myself and my home I will use lethal force
Love reading this I too have a cane corso mastiff and as we both know they are no play things when people see one of them headed in their direction they know they messed up
Prevention is great and all, but if they are already in the process of stealing something and about to get away, there is very little an alarm can do at that point.
Confronting the thief would probably need to be determined by what the stolen item is, if possible. Sometimes itâs best not to confront a criminal over something silly, just in case they are armed and dangerous. Nobody wants to get shot over a lawn gnomeâŚbut if they try running off with any of the pink flamingo yard decor, itâs GAME ON!!! They better know how to run really fast lol
Microphone on cam to tell them that they are being recorded and video will be given to the police. Sadly though none of this works if dealing with a psychotic tenant in your building who just does not care. My door to my unit is broken because he tried to kick it in but thankfully he is stupid enough to have bent the lock in the door to the point that he couldnât figure out how to get in. Sadly for me to get in I had to fully break my front door because I was not at home when this all happened.
Fortunately I have not been in that situation. But the reassurance of having a eufy security system gives me pease of mind knowing that I can act accordingly to an event of intrusion.
Unfortunately where I live my neighbors like to have sketchy people stay with them so it happens more than I would like. I love when they donât see my cameras or realize they have sound. I set the loud alarm of first and then talk through it. Normally scares them off pretty quick!
Just bought mine today after my neighbor told me someone was stealing. Had to return two packages to different addresses cause this fiend try to bite off more than he can chew. He had a face cover so I wish I snatched it off next time I may try and plant something and follow them. See where they try and get the goods off
Ideally, I will definitely sound the alarm and tell them, âGo away, motherf***ers!â Ring the police and get my gel blaster.
Hope I wonât freeze to death though.
They better know how to run really fast lol 
going up yonderâ:notes: over my eufy speaker as go out to remove the threat.
