I can't work out what is the "right" thing to do. We have CCTV on our house, it Covers our drive, back ga...
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I can't work out what is the "right" thing to do.
We have CCTV on our house, it Covers our drive, back garden and some of the street outside our house (angled to show our front path and front garden but also catches some of the on street parking).
We checked the legality of it all when we installed it but have had endless problems with one of our neighbours objecting to it. They like to purposefully stand in the cameras view to give us the finger and once even came up our drive to spit on it. To be honest its a wider issue as our old owners used to allow them to use their drive for parking and we stopped that when we moved in, they never got over that.
To cut a long story short... they have had someone hit their car outside ours. They have demanded (not asked mind!) That we send them the CCTV footage of the incident. It does show what seems to be a car going too close to theirs, but doesn't show the occupant or the licence plate.
I'll be honest the cheekiness and rudeness astounds me, I want to tell them to take a running jump if they think they're getting help from the cameras that they have complained about since the beginning.
I know we have to give someone any stored images of an individual if they complete an SAR, but I don't think that stands here. But then again I feel like I'm creating extra tension (and being an idiot) if we refuse! I would give it to the police if they asked but I can't imagine they'll investigate the matter and just say insurance should handle it.
So would you hand it over (after all it is a crime to hit a car and drive off) or tell them to take a long walk off a short pier?
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