We had a $200 high end 8 ft long telescoping Frabill net stolen from us right off the pier at the Salty Cajun fishing tournament. After catching the winning black drum, we went to the pier to wait out the rain and wait for the food. Since the boys were fishing off the dock, they brought the net with them. When we transitioned to eating, the rods got put up, but we missed locking the net in the vehicle, and it was gone when we went back later to look.
This was one of those "fell through the cracks" kind of deals where no one was specifically tasked with locking up the net. We often stop to shop on the way to fishing trips, but we usually leave someone in the car to keep an eye on the equipment in the boat.
But any time kids are involved, there are occasional slip-ups. I think someone leaves the garage door open about once a month and the passenger side door on our car with manual locks gets left unlocked once a month or so. We have video surveillance at various key places, but I'm unsure how helpful that will be in terms of criminal prosecutions and property recovery. We do pay careful attention to it if there are suspicious people about or activities that lead us to think our property my be being cased. Certainly I think the police would use surveillance video carefully to apprehend parties responsible for violent crimes against people, but there are way too many smash and grabs for the police to spend a lot of time and effort recovering your property.
If the handgun had not been stolen by the perp in the original post, one wonders how much effort would go into recovering the iPods.
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