[hackerspaces] Vandalism and Video Surveillance

[Deech]

We had theft issues in Arch Reactor over the course of some time. We
finally put it to our members if they desired camera surveillance or not.

Our membership decided to put in the cameras, as long as the monitor and
cameras were conspicuous. We haven't had any theft issues since. As a
bonus, we put up a few cameras for our landlord to watch the parking lot
and one to watch the front door so we know when someone is waiting to be
let in (we can't leave the front door of our building open.)

We've provided footage to the landlord a couple times for some parking lot
theft and vandalism, so it's helped our relationship there as well.

Nobody seems to mind them much, the footage isn't kept for that long.




On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:06 AM, Bob Bownes <bownes at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'll note that we have cameras to let members see what is going on in the
> space from afar.
>
>
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> > On Mar 18, 2014, at 6:03, webmind <webmind at puscii.nl> wrote:
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> >> On 18/03/14 00:53, Josh Pritt wrote:
> >> Makers Local 256 has always had video surveillance.  This is to
> >> keep the expensive tools from walking off as well as to keep
> >> everyone's personal stuff from getting messed up or stolen.
> >
> > <joke about tool-liberation-front>
> >
> >> It's almost mandatory if you are giving 24/7 access to members as
> >> once someone becomes a member they can just come in and take stuff
> >> in the night.
> >
> > I think most spaces I've been to, if not all provide 24/7 access to
> > members here, only a few have or had cameras.
> >
> >
> > I recall one theft issue, in a space with cameras, happened when the
> > space was closed.
> >
> > w.
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