Neighbour has installed a camera pointing at our garden

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The title sums it up really.

Our nightmare neighbour has now placed a security camera in their upstairs window which points at our garden, not at their garden at all, and then gone away. It's been there for 4 days now and I can see it from 90% of the garden including the trampoline and paddling pool. So I'm not letting the children out in the back garden.
I've phoned the police and am waiting for them to contact me.
Has anyone had this before? Can anyone relate or advise?
Thanks

Sure, and I’m sure they believe that the blue tack is permanent and you’re not videoing them in their garden. I think you’re in tit for tat territory.

To be honest, I'm glad you wrote this. Relations are awful between us, there is no communication and just malice from her side. They don't own their home, and a compromise for both sides to move their camera to a lower window would rectify this.

What relevance is they don’t own their home?

I have security cameras which look like they cover part of my neighbours garden but I have set the privacy zone on the app so I only see what I need to see. I have also turned off audio.
I was advised to put these up by the police after bad behaviour from my neighbour.
The community safety officer told me that my neighbour could ask to see any footage I have which I would not mind.

Answered 2 posts at once..whoops

I will ask their landlord to act as a mediator between the 2 properties a d suggest this

Can you not have some fun with it instead? Instead of vetting riled up, there is some stuff you can do for entertainment. It'll drive them batshit it isn't having the effect they want.

I had similar complaints when I first put CCTV up. So I moved the parameters. Then there was a spate of car break ins and the police asked if my camera had caught anything. Unfortunately it hadnt.

Apparently they now like the fact the cameras there so now it's been moved back. It could work in your favour.

Exactly. Get DH to head out there late and dig a huge hole. Then drop in a suspicious looking, human-shaped bundle and cover it up. Make sure you aren’t seen again.

Are you certain it is a real camera? Our neighbour has a fake one.
What annoys me are the camera doorbells, when people have them set far into the distance. You're legally only supposed to record to the end of your property line, and not public spaces, neighbours houses etc. It is an invasion of privacy, and they don't have the right to record you, unless you're on their property.
There are loads who don't respect the privacy settings rule! I'm sure some houses have seen me adjust my knickers (especially acouple of weeks ago).😂 And we have had to block our gate off, as the neighbour doorbell could see through it into our garden, and we have caught the lady spying before. 👀

I'd learn semaphore and flag 'you are a cunt' at them.

Or get a whiteboard and change the message each day, like they do in the tube station.

Maybe the landlord put the camera up.
Maybe the neighbour is sick of the noise of your DC on their trampoline and in the pool?
Maybe the neighbour has screened out all of the view apart from her own property?
Maybe she thinks your camera is pointing at her garden?
Maybe the police have better things to do than sort out neighbour squabbles.
Maybe the neighbour knows the law on CCTV use better than you?
https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/domestic-cctv-systems/#:~:text=People%20have%20the%20right%20to,not%20illegal%20to%20do%20so.

We have one and it rarely catches anything outside our drive, unless a large van passes but I have had the police round on 4 occasions now asking me to check camera footage for various things. They don't seem to mind it not being legal.

Can you get one of those big umbrellas on a stand that you can angle to block the view of your paddling pool/trampoline?

Something like this?

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unfortunately For you if it is inside pointing out a window it is totally legal.

You would be surprised on what they can catch, yes if a crime had taken place the police will hope for something recorded. I don't agree with them being on the setting that films outside of the property boundaries though. We had a toxic estranged relative us we could visit anytime. They had seen our car drive past on their doorbell, and had zoomed in and seen us in the car 😱

We had the police round asking for any footage after people being investigated after a major crime walked past our house, but nothing showed up

I think one of you has to give up in this situation (you) otherwise it will just go on and on. One of my friends had this and ended up in a physical fight because of cameras & pent-up rage. Just let it go, who cares really?

What's the reasoning for not letting your kids outside to play? I'd carry on as normal.

I’d be tempted to do this tbh. At the very least I’d put out a sign that was facing directly to the camera. You could have a series of wanky motivational slogans or something. Or get your kids to work up routines on the trampoline and put up a sign asking for a copy of the video for them to analyse and improve on their performance.

Or get a spot light that is angled so that it shines directly at the camera.

As they rent then you can report all of this behaviour to their landlord as their tenants should not be disturbing others

Is the landlord a Housing Association or Local Authority because they should take action