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Topic: Thieves caught on video - now what?
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Michael Barry
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Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-08-2008 03:37 PM
OK, this is a ground floor question, but it relates to the video store I run rather than the theatre I work in. I hope I can stretch the posting rules a bit...
Someone here is bound to be more experienced with this sort of thing than I am and may be able to offer some sage advice.
The situation is that we've had several DVDs stolen recently from the store, and the other day this young guy was loitering suspiciously, so I captured his photo from the surveillance footage.
Just yesterday, two more DVD's were stolen, and one of them was located right under one of our cameras. I went through the day's footage, and bingo - there's the same guy from the other day's footage (this time with a buddy in tow) and yes, he can be clearly seen picking up the case for the very DVD that is now no longer with us.
What is the best course of action to make sure that this guy and his buddies never bother us again?
I will show the staff the footage so that they all recognise him for next time...but if we spot him in the store, what is the best thing to say or do? I am thinking that showing the footage to the local police may be helpful in case other shopkeepers have reported them already, but I doubt that this will be effective in keeping them away.
Any suggestions? There is a whole world of experience on film-tech.
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Michael Barry
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Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-11-2008 09:40 AM
OK, here's a freaky break in the story:
About half an hour ago (approx 1:30am) I decided to head down to my local service station/7-11 type place for a snack.
Guess who walks in? That's right - it's our friendly neighbourhood thief! I leave first and get his car licence plates (FWIW, it's a very expensive BMW!). Then I sit it my car (a not-so-expensive Camry), start the engine and turn on the headlights, and sit and wait for him to drive out, with the intention of finding out where he lives by following him home...
Well, he obviously recoginsed me too. This service station sits on a main road and has two driveways on it - one for entry and the other for exit. You can also drive around the building and leave via a back exit. He did this, and I followed him. He sped off, but I saw which direction he headed (at 1:30am, not too many cars on the road). I kept my distance, but I kept up. He turned left, then left again...until he was back on the main road and drove past the service station again! In other words, he could have taken the main, front driveway out to the street and made a left if that's all that he wanted to do. Bingo.
I followed him for another 2 kms or so but then decided to call it off. I figured that I have his plates and can follow up that way. Besides, there was no way in hell he was going to pull up at his house now anyway.
I am hoping that the police will cooperate in following up, especially if I can show them the hard drive footage. If the police knock on his door, maybe I can even get the DVDs back.
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