I have a client with an apartment block in probably the worst neighborhood in town. Fires, gangs, crime, vandalism, all of it rampant. They had a crappy analog CCTV system installed with coax for video and CAT5 for power, most of the cameras having been destroyed by the four aforementioned elements over time.
After I replaced a majority of the equipment some scumbag spray painted the domes again and proceeded to B&E into a suite. Local police are working with the footage of him looking straight into the dome as he paints it...
My client doesn't have the funds to continuously replace cameras or domes so I'm looking for a solution. The cameras cannot be moved; the wiring is completely sealed into the walls, and I cannot make the ceilings higher. Covert cameras are also not likely to work as they tend to be far less capable image-wise than domes.
I know that superhydrophobic coatings have become more advanced and less costly, does anyone know of one that can be applied to plastic domes and not interfere with the picture?
The second alternative I was thinking of, which isn't an immediate fix but possibly an eventual deterrent, is to set up vandalism detection on the DVR and have an alarm output activate an audible siren, possibly at the camera itself using one of the spare pairs on the CAT5 (like a Wave2 siren for example).
If anyone has some suggestions I'd be grateful.
