Zoneminder not capturing license#

Did someone leave a package on my front door? Is my kids friend's parent here for pickup/drop off? Did the garbage truck get here yet? WTF is that loud truck noise out front? Is that knock at the door someone with a clip board? Or someone trying to get me to believe in their god?

Zoneminder not capturing license#

So I have reported license plate numbers to the police a few times when various neighborhood issues have come up.īut no, I don't think it will magically arrest someone breaking into my house. The cameras can read the license numbers of cars going up and down my dead end street, and have a NTP synced time stamp on them. I figure it's a $120 worth of prevention. Even a casual observer will notice the two cameras (with 2 rings of glowing red lights) pointed at them when they enter my driveway. So I bought two cameras (both with IR illumination) and pointed them to the two sides of my car. Well my motivation started when I found an uncoiled coat hanger on top of my car. Perhaps a security cam has a deterring aspect, but not sure of the legality of it in Germany where I live, and I guess a dummy camera would achieve a similar effect as a real one? Instead I focus on deterring casual burglars by using semi-intelligent timer-based lights plus a simple radio tuned to a station with lots of talking when we're away from home. I just don't see much of a point for having cameras. I'm probably not a good example, I live in a small apartment, don't have any valuables besides passports and loose change.

So it's not preventing the crime, but might marginally aid in after-the-fact investigation? so is it worth it? Yes, it sounds pretty awesome to 'catch' someone, or trigger a motion alarm, but does it work in practice? Like, is it hooked to the police or to a security firm, or what? Because someone with a face mask is unidentifiable anyway, and even if you can identify some feature, a burglar can leave with whatever valuables, or cause damage. Slightly OT, but I'm curious to understand the use-case for indoor/outdoor home-security cameras.