Mike I am the neighborhood watch captain in my little community but the real problem with actually catching the bad guy is they tend to do their evil deeds at 4 to 5AM. The other problem is getting the cops interested in anything that doesn't involve sex, massive amounts of drugs or murder.
I had a car burglar cold, a video tape of the theft, pictures of both sides of the $2 bill he stole and where he spent it. The cops didn't do anything.
This guy was sweeping our neighborhood almost every night, stealing everything that wasn't locked up.
They finally arrested him when a home owner delivered him to them at gun point as a result of an "occupied home burglary". He did 3/4ths of a 90 day sentence. He is out now and we are all looking out for him.
The biggest fear for a criminal is that a homeowner takes the Florida "castle doctrine" seriously and drops the weasel on sight.
