Thank you for sharing this helpful strategy! With more “help-yourself-thieving” occurring in our area, it’s important to secure your possessions. Thanks!
All cables can be cut, many without special tools. When dealing with security, every step you take that makes it more difficult to steal an item will increase the chance that the thief will move on to easier targets. In this case, it is probable that the average thief is not carrying a tool capable of cutting the cable. If the thief does cut the cable, it will slow them down increasing the chance of being caught, especially by the motion detection security video system covering my front lawn. When this happens, I will have time to go out and prevent the theft in person.
Ever try to cut steel cable with bolt cutters? The cutters just crush the wire into a flat braid. Bolt cutters would be better used on the eye hooks that the steel cable is hooked to. Cutting the hook in the statue will most likely damage the statue, leaving the crooks with a damaged stolen statue. The other I hook can be buried below ground. With all that said, just because a security measure can be compromised dose not mean you don't still try to protect your stuff.
Thank you for your question. To start with, most people don't carry cutters on them. After finding the cable, they would need to go get cutters and come back. If they do come back, please note the sign next to the statue. You want to have multiple layers of security. The video surveillance does a great job of detecting the motion using on screen pixel changes. An alarm sounds both in the house and is sent out over the internet. If the home owner is home, they can then come out immediately with the appropriate tools to apprehend the criminal. If the theft occurs when the home owner is not home, then the criminals face as well as license plate is recorded. Most probably twice, including their first visit. This information can be turned over to law enforcement. If law enforcement decides to do nothing about the property crime, then the final option is for the home owner to retrieve their own stolen property. In todays modern world, tracing a license plate as well as facial recognition is becoming increasing easy. Anything can be stolen if enough effort is put into it. However, thieves do tend to try and steal the easier items, such as your neighbors statues that are not secured.
