"A 26-year-old man from Orange County has been convicted of attempted murder, torture and child abuse after he was caught strangling, shaking and punching his 2-month-old son on a hidden "nanny cam." Robey's girlfriend Eva Ponce had set up a hidden camera in October 2011, because she suspected that Robey was cheating on her. Her camera captured something far worse: Robey tied a blanket around the neck of their 2-month-old son like a noose and swung him around. The tape also captured him punching, strangling, slapping and shaking the baby....
click for more info "A hidden camera in a New Jersey home led to the arrest of a burglar on Friday who brutally beat the home owner in front of her 3-year-old child. The so-called nanny cams are gaining popularity, raising the question of how taped evidence will hold up against privacy laws in court. Nanny cams wear various disguises—a clock radio, the eyes of a teddy bear, a smoke detector, an electrical outlet, and other common appliances." You can read the whole story HERE. If you have any reason...
The camera "doesn't inform, it only captures." And that may be the homeowner's ... and law enforcement's ... fondest dream." That is the gist of an article about homeowners in Lamorinda an area near San Fransisco who are installing security cameras around their homes and their streets. Homeowners feel that because they are in the more affluent community that makes them a higher risk of home burglary, so they are taking some action. You can read the whole story HERE. "A security camera adds a level of protection," he said....
This is a video that was placed on YouTube by a Wall Street Journal reporter. The story is about how effective hidden cameras are a catching a cheating spouses. You can see and hear the whole video HERE. The story does not make mention of the fact that there are plenty of other uses for hidden cameras besides catching cheating spouses. Some examples are, of course, as a nanny camera to catch babysitters abusing their privileges or employees stealing from their places of employment. Hidden cameras are placed inside objects that...
click for more info In response to the growing use of hidden cameras to catch employees who commit nursing home abuse or neglect, some states have enacted or have introduced laws specifically addressing video monitoring of nursing homes. These laws explicitly allow residents or their family members to install recording devices. Any video acquired from these devices may be used in a criminal prosecution or in a lawsuit for nursing home neglect or nursing home abuse. You can read the whole story HERE. Hidden cameras are an effective tool in...
click image for more details Here is a story about a nanny who pled guilty to child abuse after a hidden camera caught her abusing a child. You can read the whole story HERE. Parents around Staten Island were shocked several months ago when a YouTube video emerged, showing a 52-year-old nanny slapping and shaking a 5-month-old girl inside a Grasmere home. But further investigation revealed the disturbing Jan. 28 incident was just the tip of the iceberg. Other hidden cameras inside the home captured Mamura Nasirova shaking the helpless...
click for more details Here's a story about a burglar who got caught on surveillance video the home owner had installed because of recent break-ins. You can watch the video and read the rest of the story HERE. "The man in the video attempted to break in while my family and I were sleeping. My home has surveillance cameras all around the property due to several attempted break ins the past. In the video the man can be seen trying to pry open a front porch window and looking through...
more details here This is a story out of St. Louis, Missouri that raises a question about the role of surveillance cameras in crime or the war on terrorism. You can read the whole story HERE. In part story goes on "Mere hours after the public release of grainy surveillance camera images in the Boston Marathon bombings, law enforcement officials had pinpointed suspects in one of the nation's most horrific terrorist acts. It was a stunning and swift break in the case, one that illustrates the potency surveillance photos have...