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Why would the owners have a high quality CCTV system to guard their dustbins ???
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The thing bugging me on the cat in the bin story...
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pagan witch
offlineMemberThey don't need CCTV to find out the cat was in the wrong bin as the cat was chipped to prevent just such an occurance.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Quaz
offlineMemberThis story is one of the few examples of CCTV being useful. Several years ago a friend of mine had his house burgled and the robbers stole his credit card. Upon checking the statement to confirm if the robbers had used it, he found they had filled up their car using his card at a local petrol station about half an hour after the robbery, so he called the police with the time and date and suggested that they check out the petrol station's forecourt tapes to get the vehicle's registration. Sherlock Plod decided that it was too much hassle, so the robbers got away with it.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Hunter F. Thompson
offlineMemberThere is a Parisian Prankster who darts around the city with a large mirror by means of which he shows CCTV monitors what is happening in the window above the camera, or in the space beside the door, or - if the locale under CCTV surveillance is on a corner - what is happening around the corner.
Than he goes away and they can't tell about those hidden recesses any more. No doubt they weep and gnash their teeth, although this has not been widely reported. I'd expect NB archives to yield hitherto suppressed reports, though.
Posted 2 years ago # -
MADJEZ
offlineMemberI know they've got cheaper but I figured it was really fancy for what they were using it for. We've got use to years of seeing fuzzy video on Crimewatch and the like and being asked 'do you recognize this man ?', his own mother wouldn't recognize him from that !
Posted 2 years ago # -
Mrblacker
offlineMemberAs someone from the parish in which this story originates, I can say hand on heart that the validity of this story has caused some debate in our newsroom.
The idea of having CCTV to monitor your car when it can's pick up the driver's side is strange to say the least.
The thing that gives the game away is the look the woman gives the camera before she drops the cat in the bin.
It's almost as if she's saying 'here we go, just like we agreed; we'll split the profits 50-50'.
Posted 2 years ago #
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