The Camera Store in Calgary had a break-in early Thursday morning, and the theif made off with a considerable amount of new Sony gear. Details of the break-in and a list of the serial numbers of the stolen gear can be found here:
Hey, I had... THEY. I mean they. They may have already had a buyer lined up for the Nikon gear. Let's not go questioning people's intelligence when we don't know the whole story.
freaklikeme wrote:
Hey, I had... THEY. I mean they. They may have already had a buyer lined up for the Nikon gear. Let's not go questioning people's intelligence when we don't know the whole story.
If you actually watched the break in on the video you will see he’s not picking and choosing off a shopping list. He’s just grabbing all the gear he can get his hands on.
chez wrote:
If you actually watched the break in on the video you will see he’s not picking and choosing off a shopping list. He’s just grabbing all the gear he can get his hands on.
The guy is a moron. Opens the first cabinets by forcing the sliding doors, then smashes the glass on the top of the last cabinet so the glass falls all over the gear. He probably does not have a clue how to fence that gear without getting caught.
The video also shows how useless their video surveillance is when it can't identify a burglar wearing a disguise. In addition, with no outdoor camera there is no chance if ID'ing any getaway vehicle. Most alarm systems are a waste of money since nobody responds to the alarm until after the thieves have already left.
Money is better spent installing iron bars over windows and doors in addition to an alarm.
Let's hope all photographers in southern Alberta will keep an eye out for anyone selling this stolen gear and report them to the police.
Imagemaster wrote:
Money is better spent installing iron bars over windows and doors in addition to an alarm.
Let's hope all photographers in southern Alberta will keep an eye out for anyone selling this stolen gear and report them to the police.
The store has steel roll shutters over the doors and windows, but the Calgary Fire Department requires all business to have a door through which the fire department can easily gain entry, so it's all a bit pointless.
The store does have video from the previous day showing someone suspiciously checking out the display cabinets, so the culprit may eventually get caught.
Cliff L. wrote:
The store has steel roll shutters over the doors and windows, but the Calgary Fire Department requires all business to have a door through which the fire department can easily gain entry, so it's all a bit pointless.
Ridiculous. They need to work out a solution to that.
TCS might want to replace the display glass & doors with something thicker, more shatter-resistant/somewhat harder to break into. If they can't put steel bars over the door, might as well beef up the in-store display defenses.
Cliff L. wrote:
The Fire Department's "solution" is that businesses are not allowed to tell anyone about it...
It's a longstanding challenge. To be able to adequately fight fires and rescue folks who are incapacitated, fire fighters need to be able to access the interior of a building when the owner is not there to open the door. This is especially important when you have buildings with multiple contiguous tenants like a strip mall. It helps prevent the spread of fire. There are solutions. The accessible point described here is one. Another is for each building to have Knox Boxes installed at designated points which have building keys kept inside. These require a special fire department key to open. However, a determined individual can break a Knox Box provided they have the will and the right tools. Knox Boxes are expensive which is one reason they are not universally used.
As a crime victim in Vancouver BC (car break in) it was interesting what the police stated. Blaming people of color, they stated Vancouver had the highest crime rate in N. America. They just take your info for insurance purposes, no follow up.
Rollergold wrote:
TCS might want to replace the display glass & doors with something thicker, more shatter-resistant/somewhat harder to break into. If they can't put steel bars over the door, might as well beef up the in-store display defenses.
Or they could start doing what some of the other camera stores do - put everything back in the boxes and remove them from the display cases at the end of every day... but then no one wants to buy new gear that comes in worn out, beat up boxes.
