Intrusive security cameras.

[adamf]

Get a cheap laser pointer and Blu-tak it into place aimed at the camera so that it's blinded. Refuse to tun the laser off until the camera is re-directed.

 

Supposedly you can blind them with infrared LEDs, which would be harder for the neighbour to see (with his eyes, I mean). I get the impression they're not expensive but that would require some electronics skills.

[irenewilde]

Can't help but think that this is all a bit out of scale, if someone wanted to see a bit of my garden I couldn't care less; I could understand it if the camera was pointing towards my windows but not a thin sliver of the garden.

 

Exactly. Some people get very puffed up about very little. Just sounds like an excuse to further inflame the dispute with their neighbour.

 

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Play the my kids are out side card and my neighbour is filming them he might be a pedo and then watch the police come . i bet it,s moved lol

 

Utterly pathetic.

 

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Looking for some advice on behalf of my nephew regarding his neighbours back garden security camera. The camera in question is on the neighbours house wall just below a bedroom window and about one metre in from the boundary. Problem is that it doesn't point straight out at the neighbours garden, but is angled at about (my guess) 20 to 30 degrees towards the boundary and therefore, it seems reasonable to assume, also captures images of my nephews garden..

 

"Guess". So you don't *actually* know where it's pointing? And presumably you don't know at what times it's filming either? Maybe it's just on at night.

Edited February 27, 2013 by irenewilde

[Super Hans]

As far as I'm aware you can film what you like in a public place.

 

A back garden is not a public place.

 

If it's a council house call the council.

[denomis]

Firearms offenses

 

Under cover of darkness, stealth.

[RootsBooster]

Under cover of darkness, stealth.

 

Just increases the risk of you being shot by armed police, as they have less chance of distinguishing between an air rifle and sniper rifle or machine gun in the dark. It's still a firearms offense

 

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Supposedly you can blind them with infrared LEDs, which would be harder for the neighbour to see (with his eyes, I mean). I get the impression they're not expensive but that would require some electronics skills.

 

You can buy infrared floodlights, but I'm not sure if they would have much effect in the daytime.

Edited February 27, 2013 by RootsBooster

[denomis]

Just increases the risk of you being shot by armed police, as they have less chance of distinguishing between an air rifle and sniper rifle or machine gun in the dark. It's still a firearms offense

 

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You can buy infrared floodlights, but I'm not sure if they would have much effect in the daytime.

 

Are armed police waiting on your back garden? I know I could shoot out my neighbours light and be back in bed in under 3 minutes with no one the wiser.

[Halibut]

Are armed police waiting on your back garden? I know I could shoot out my neighbours light and be back in bed in under 3 minutes with no one the wiser.

 

It wouldn't take long to work out where the shot was fired from, and besides all this talk of using weapons to escalate a neighbourhood dispute is grossly irresponsible.

 

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http://www.drapers-airguns.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_3&products_id=1265

 

Enjoy

 

You'd be lucky to break a bare light bulb at anything over twenty feet with that, it's essentially a toy.

 

Not that the police would know that if they saw you with it.

 

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Furthermore I agree with Northerstar and Irenewilde. It's a gross overreaction.

I think the OP's nephew needs to wind his neck in a bit and take a chill pill.

[Greengeek]

Black sticky back plastic over the lens

[RootsBooster]

Are armed police waiting on your back garden? I know I could shoot out my neighbours light and be back in bed in under 3 minutes with no one the wiser.

No, I doubt that armed police are waiting on anyone's garden, that's not what they're supposed to do.

What is more likely is that somebody (not necessarily the CCTV neighbour) may see you/the OP standing in your garden pointing a gun up at, what may look like to them, your neighbour's window. If they were inclined to report this to the police, you can expect an armed response.

You'd be lucky to break a bare light bulb at anything over twenty feet with that, it's essentially a toy.

I thought you were being sarcastic, until I actually looked at the gun he linked to. You're absolutely right, it's an airsoft gun, low powered, very poor accuracy and fires very lightweight 6mm plastic BB's.

I would go so far as to say it would be impossible to do any damage to a CCTV camera with it, if you could even manage to hit it.

Not that the police would know that if they saw you with it.

Exactly, although an airsoft pistol is more or less harmless, it is governed by firarms law. By pointing it at the neighbour's house the OP could risk up to 10 years imprisonment and/or a fine, under section 1 of the 1994 imitation firearms act. They could even be shot dead if they continue to wield it after the police have arrived.

 

An extreme but possible outcome, all for the sake of using a crap toy gun to try (in vain) to sabotage a CCTV camera.

Edited February 27, 2013 by RootsBooster

[denomis]

You would of course have to mod the air soft gun so it can shoot the head off a car.