Legality of surveillance cameras on my property - Germany

For the past week or so, there has been a increasing amount of Graffitti appearing in our Village.

Today, the door to my office fell victim!

So, I am quite capable of fitting a discrete camera and feeding it into the whole house system...

What are the legallities of this an what happen to me if I catch the twats that are scribling on our property?

Thanks

SP

just call the police EVERYTIME it happens and repaint everyday if needed. Its the only way...

Spot on...

Anyone got any Mahogany coloured plastic paint to paint the door with?

If it's your private property, you can fit a camera aimed at the door and the walkway, provided you put up a big "Achtung! Videoüberwachung!" sign (or something similar). Be sure you don't have even a square inch of your neighbor's property in the viewfinder, though, or you'll have trouble with the Datenschutzpolizei.

Thanks for that..

I thing I will get more trouble from the Baseballbatschutzpolizei...

Or just put-up the sign.. Most of the time that's enough to deter.. You can also get fake camera domes to stick outside your door.
Some even have little blinking LEDs

You can get fake cameras at Praktiker.

But a fake camera will not catch them and bring the little fuckers to Justice!

Squirt some of that bottled skunk scent around your door everyday. That'll keep 'em away. Or get all fancy and rig up an automatic squirter that shoots the skunk scent whenever someone comes near the door and trips an infrared beam. Maybe turn it off for customers during the day.

I doubt they will get more than a several hundred Eur fine.. No Jail time and no Court case..

That'll stop their beer and fag money for a month or so..

Not if they are on the dole here.

Seeing how the 'criminals' are probably 14 year old kids I would say a few hundred euro fine is more than enough to deter the little fuckers.

Yes, you can install a camera for surveillance. You can provide the pictures to the police and press criminal charges as well as start a civil process to recover damages.

You cannot publish or publicise the pictures, especially if the perps are underage.

woof.

Isn't there a distinction also between accidental/incidental coverage of public areas like the street and private areas like your neighbours' property?