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[ # ] Personal Security Cameras Catch Minneapolis Graffiti Vandals
October 23rd, 2007 under Graffiti, Minneapolis


Three weeks ago, I mentioned that someone should invest in cameras that would help catch graffiti vandals in the act so they could cash in on the $500 rewards the City of Minneapolis is offering for tips leading to convictions.

And tonight, FOX 9 reported that a guy living in the Lyndale Neighborhood, Jim Fiala, has set up security cameras outside his house that have caught 14 vandals on tape.

Jim Fiala on FOX 9

That could bring in $7000 in just 3 weeks! Wow. Is Jim Fiala going to personally solve Minneapolis’ graffiti problem while cashing in at a rate of $500/day?

Motion security cameras are better than my deer camera idea (I ended up ordering one to test it, but it’s stuck at a FedEx shipping center), but Fiala’s in a unique situation where he lives on a street where the action is right outside his house.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for where I should give my motion detector deer cam a try once I pick it up.


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    [ # 3069 ] Comment from Jason DeRusha [October 23, 2007, 7:55 am]

    Jim’s had coverage on this before: Here’s a 2006 story from wcco.

    [ # 3070 ] Comment from BtheK [October 23, 2007, 8:15 am]

    You should but your camera on or near the model railroad museum on 38th. They seem to get hit viciously by the little scumbuckets. Keep our neighborhood nice, send kids to jail ;)

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