remote home protection [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

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Jeff,

Rural crime may be on the increase 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_Statesessrel/pressrel01/cius2000.htm 
but there have always been bad guys who vandalize, rob, steal and worse. I 
have lived in crime-ridden urban neighborhoods and in a backwoods region 
with a history as an outlaw hideout, but it's all the same: crime seems to 
come and go at different times to different neighborhoods. People who live 
alone or in a bad neighborhood or apart from the community or in a 
neighborhood with bad police are particularly vulnerable. Random crime 
committed by people from outside the neighborhood requires increased 
vigilance and cooperation with other communities to find and stop the 
criminals. Hidden cameras and surveillance are a waste of time and money if 
you do nothing to stop the bad guys. If the police/sheriff can not or will 
not help, notify the state attorney general. I have found that the best 
protection is to be prepared and to enlist my neighbors' help beforehand for 
defense. Whether I am at home or away, my neighbors keep watch and report 
suspicious activities for me as do I for them. When crime occurs, we all 
help to solve the problem.

Joel Davidson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Yago" <jryago at netscape.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: remote home protection [RE-wrenches]


>
> I sometimes write articles and have recently received very sad stories 
> from several different readers living in off-grid cabins or remote homes. 
> Each had been away for a few days or left for a long trip to town and 
> returned to find their homes and storage buildings totally trashed and all 
> of their tools, chain-saws, guns, stored foods, and electronics were 
> missing. What was not stolen was broken or trashed because there was no 
> hurry since nobody lived anywhere near them. Several of these folks were 
> women living alone in what they had thought were very peaceful areas of 
> their states, and all complained that the local police/sheriff was a joke 
> and they felt like they had been raped.
>
> I was wondering if this is a new trend in crime as more and more 
> homesteaders head for rural areas and if you all have run into this with 
> some of your remote off-grid clients. Of course the next question is - 
> were the criminals ever caught and what, if anything, did the homeowner do 
> afterwards to try and reduce their risk?
>
> Several have suggested one of those motion sensing video recorders or 
> motion sensing hunters cameras. Of course being off-grid or remote the 
> solution should not require lots of electrical power. Most of my rural 
> clients are well armed, but that is no good if the criminals wait until 
> they leave their land.
>
> Any stories you can tell or advice we all could use to reduce the risk?
>
> Jeff Yago
>
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