Today I was mowing my lawn when a car starts driving by real slow with two women in it. Then, when my back was turned I just happened to look over and see them snap a picture of my house. The car never stopped and after they snapped the photo they took off. I knew exactly what kind of car it was (white convertible sebring, just like we rented on our honeymoon) and I noted the license plate number and then immediately went in and called the police (not 911) and reported the incident as suspicious vehicle. I went back and continued mowing the lawn and soon a police cruiser pulled up and he asked me a few questions about it. My attitude about it, which I vocalized to the officer, was "Maybe they just like my blooming crepe myrtles but then again if I get robbed in a week I want this to be on the record." The officer was nice and he took off. About 5 to 10 minutes later the Sebring came driving back down my street and the officer drove up right behind it and pulled her over. After talking to her for a few minutes he let her go and came and told me that she was a real-estate appraiser that was taking a pic of my house (which was just recently purchased) for comparison purposes. He had asked her which house she was comparing it too and everything so I was satisfied and no harm done.
Anyway, would you have called the police? Was that an over-reaction? I just don't really take kindly to strangers taking photos or doing anything else that resembles "casing" around my house. I was already a bit on the cautious side too because a mustang with three young males had pulled up in front of my house earlier and sat there looking very intently at another house down the street. They didn't see me come out but when they did notice me they immediately turned around and took off. I'm also extra-suspicious of people because the weekend after we moved into our house we had two days worth of mail stolen from our mailbox. This seems like a "nice" neighborhood, really!!
brad cook
Anyway, would you have called the police? Was that an over-reaction? I just don't really take kindly to strangers taking photos or doing anything else that resembles "casing" around my house. I was already a bit on the cautious side too because a mustang with three young males had pulled up in front of my house earlier and sat there looking very intently at another house down the street. They didn't see me come out but when they did notice me they immediately turned around and took off. I'm also extra-suspicious of people because the weekend after we moved into our house we had two days worth of mail stolen from our mailbox. This seems like a "nice" neighborhood, really!!
brad cook