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Yeah I know which way this one faces too. I just don't know what the smoothest way of disabling it would be.
The smoothest is to shoot it. Fast. Can leave right away. But you'd want to be certain nobody could be in the path behind it.
If it's on a pole, use an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel designed for aluminum, which is what the poles are usually made of. It'll take maybe a minute or two to take the whole pole down so... do at 3 AM. Once down, destroy the camera. The angle grinder will work on it too.
Wear proper eye protection. Don't bring your phone. Be ready to run.
I thought about the angle grinder idea, but it's right next to a bunch of houses and I have no doubt the residents would call the cops, at best. Might decide they feel like being cops today at worst. Whatever I did, I'd want it to be quiet and over in a moment.
Shooting it is tricky for the same reason, I don't know if I could get a good angle where I'd be sure the bullet wouldn't come down in somebody's house.
I've thought about the spray paint idea someone mentioned before, what are your thoughts there? Could be cleaned, but I could just come back and do it again, and it's way easier and cheaper for me than for them.
Best to practice if you're not comfortable with an angle grinder. It really should only take a minute or two. That's short enough that you don't have to worry about cops any more than if you were taking any other approach. Cops take around 30 minutes to show up to literally anything on average.
Angle grinders are very loud. There are no quiet ways to take these things out except to climb the poles, but that's much more dangerous and takes way longer. You could compromise and do something medium-loud like use a slingshot, but it might take you 50 shots unless you're well-practiced. Angle grinders work for everyone with 10 minutes of training and practice. It's how thieves steal things that are locked up. Most of the time nobody cares or notices. This is annoying if you're being stolen from but handy if you're destroying a fascistic surveillance device.
Spray paint only works if it's within reach. These things tend to be on the top of very tall poles. Also if you're doing spray paint might as well just destroy the thing instead.
To clarify I'm not telling you that you need to do any of these things. If it's beyond your comfort zone or seems infeasible then your time is surely better spent on organizing.
I've done a lil more research and the one I'm thinking of is pretty low to the ground. I'm thinking of paint, or maybe just taking a hammer to it? To keep it quick and (relatively) quiet. I think I can afford to experiment a bit.
If I can't reach the camera I am actually pretty confident in my ability to climb the pole too.
If all else fails maybe I go shopping for angle grinders, but the noise + speed makes me want to find another way.
Unrelated, but you can get hunting crossbows capable of punching through steel. Very cool since they don't create loud noises like guns and you can reuse the bolts after simply picking them up.
I always thought slingshots with ceramic pebbles would be useful in unrelated situations
Spray paint I think would be easiest and fastest. At night, with IR blocking glasses and/or one of the IR light hoodies