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Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night
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Would covering the license plate on your car, and not taking any phones, etc. be enough? You'd need an older car that doesn't rat you out, too. If there are enough other cameras around, they could possibly track you all the way back to your house, I'm thinking store security cameras and doorbell cameras.
Also, in a small town, there aren't many people out driving around in the middle of the night, and if their car is registered in that town, then simply knowing the make and model could be enough to find them.
I expect they'll be caught. And, if they are, we'll hear about it. They really need to catch someone and make an example out of them, that would be a high priority for them.
I expect they won't be caught, frankly. If for no other reason than statistically, most crimes of this nature do not get solved. About 30% is the statistic for burglaries and property damage. So, even if the person had a MEDIAN capacity, the odds are already stacked in thier favour.
Given that these are flock cameras... pretty fair to say this was done with some degree of due diligence. It was motivated out of principle, not personal gain, not desperation. Based on that alone, I'd spitball down to a 10% chance.
One step further... this fits the profile of a video I saw where a "reporter" was explaining how flock cameras get taken down, and exactly what "people" are doing to avoid being caught. There exist volumes of information on exactly what a successful flock takedown looks like. Given that, I'd further drop it to well below 5%.
The cops won't find them on thier own. Only realistic avenue to zero in on the person is a tip. If the person was smart, they didn't blab.
And even if they did, they didn't keep anything that could meaningfully link them to the act. Even if they end up getting charged, without a smoking gun (flock components in thier garage) actually getting the conviction would be pretty much impossible. Someone ratting them out isn't nearly enough for a conviction on its own.
Because it was motivated on principle, there is a non zero chance the person who did it might just defiantly confess (proclaim, like a manifesto) if they get charged. But still unlikely.
I'd be shocked if anyone even gets charged. I genuinely don't think there is ANY real chance of a conviction.
Like I said, as this continues, the motivation to catch someone will increase.
What a successful take down looks like now, might not work as they increase their efforts.
All true in normal circumstances, but police plant evidence, and judges are corrupt. They need an example to post online nationally, so that will happen one way or another.
Bicycles don't have all those whiz-bang fancy communication devices. Nor do the ol' L.P.C.'s (Leather Personnel Carriers)
Neither do legs
Yeah that's part of the LPC's. Leather Personnel Carriers are boots.
Just get a cargo tricycle to not litter them on the side of the road.