WTF

[CJS3]

Go to Home Depot and get a motion sensor for your floods, then kick back and relax. Unless your neighborhood is really bad, or you keep a cache of diamonds in the garage, the motion trigger will keep most crash and grab crooks going next door.

[1911 Junkie]

Hmmm...that has the sound of premeditation You may want to fix that.

I thought about that before posting. I guess the new castle doctrine would be put to the test.

Do you think this has anything to do with your current family situation?

I doubt it. I would hope that they would know better.

Go to Home Depot and get a motion sensor for your floods, then kick back and relax. Unless your neighborhood is really bad, or you keep a cache of diamonds in the garage, the motion trigger will keep most crash and grab crooks going next door.

That may just be the winner. It's kind of rural where I live but I think that would be enough of a deterrent.
Of course I keep the diamonds in the garage. Where do you keep yours? My safe has all the valuable stuff in it. 

[fightingquaker13]

Look, I have no idea of your situation/neighborhood. If you thinkthis  was a one off, let it go and maybe buy a loud dog or an alarm. If you have reason to think its serious, report it to the police and have your neighbor give a statement. That way if they do come back, you have dotted your i's. Threat reported, verified, good reason to be afraid. Good luck.
FQ13

[tombogan03884]

With a 100 yard drive way, along with the motion detector lights you might want to add a "Trail Camera".
Just a thought.

[Solus]

Problem with motion detector lights is they give notice to anyone detected that they have been.  Even if they are "casual visitors", like kids just looking to do a  little healthy vandalism, they are likely to see if they can find a way around the lights.

Unless you have very good coverage, there may be a path to your house that does not trigger the lights. And even if you do have good coverage, unless you respond to each activation by a passing dog or bigger game if it is in your area, the folks interested in your place will observe and determine how you do respond and, trigger the lights, get to a hiding place that won't be sensed that you do not come out and check and have access.

The driveway monitor will inform you of possible intrusion without giving that information to the possible bad guys.  The night vision gear will let you ID those involved without their knowledge also.

As kids, my crowd tended to be adventurous...not anything destructive, well, not very much, but we did like tying doorknobs, sticking doorbells and car  horns.   Any countermeasures just made it a greater challenge.  And most of the simple ones can be defeated.

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