I've had two breakins to my pickup few months. There was some vandalism and I think I know who it was. I'd like to put a discrete camera in the truck so if it happens again then I'll be able to show the police or use footage in court. Even if it's a different person next time it'll be good for police or prosecutors to have a record. My goal is to record the next vandal/thief without him noticing that he's recorded.
Does anyone know of good solutions to this? Anyone have any success catching thieves or vandals? I'm OK with DIY projects. Maybe this is out of scope for dash cams, but it seems pretty closely related.
Maybe I'll get a small fisheye camera and mount it in the cabin. It's connected to a raspberry pi that's hidden. The raspberry pi has an SD card and is powered by the battery.
Maybe I'll get a small camera that has its own storage. I worry that it'll be easy steal the SD card from the camera than from a raspberry pi that's difficult to get to.
I actually probably don't need infrared since both break ins were done by breaking a door lock. When the door is open the cabin light turns on. Infrared is probably no good for identifying the person anyway. A complex solution would be to use a raspberry pi to turn on the cabin light upon motion detection, but this is probably too complex for a first pass.
Does anyone know of good solutions to this? Anyone have any success catching thieves or vandals? I'm OK with DIY projects. Maybe this is out of scope for dash cams, but it seems pretty closely related.
Maybe I'll get a small fisheye camera and mount it in the cabin. It's connected to a raspberry pi that's hidden. The raspberry pi has an SD card and is powered by the battery.
Maybe I'll get a small camera that has its own storage. I worry that it'll be easy steal the SD card from the camera than from a raspberry pi that's difficult to get to.
I actually probably don't need infrared since both break ins were done by breaking a door lock. When the door is open the cabin light turns on. Infrared is probably no good for identifying the person anyway. A complex solution would be to use a raspberry pi to turn on the cabin light upon motion detection, but this is probably too complex for a first pass.