on 3/15/06 5:37 AM, [log in to unmask] at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I recall a paper at SEAC a few years ago where a park ranger who was having
> trouble with vandalism on a site simply posted signs saying that the place was
> under video surveillance. Of course this was not true but the public did not
> know and the incidents decreased.
>
> He reported it to be very successful.
>
> dh
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List Folks:
My county in rural West Virginia has these cameras called "ground hogs"
that are moved from place to place to document illegal dumping -- a chronic
activity in Appalachia. The cameras are hidden and don't cost much.
Sustained motion starts them recording and the scofflaws are then hauled
into court. Few are hanged, but jail time and hefty fines result. Such
cameras could also work with looters. Probably the most effective
preventative element of the package is the signs that go with the cameras
warning of their presence.
joe dent
american unv.