Surveillance in the Trash Can Area at my Rental Property

[Lokesh W.]

Hello,

I want to put a surveillance camera outside my rental property. I live around 10 miles away for this property. This is a 5-unit building in Milwaukee, WI. There are 4 trash cans and 2 recycle bins. These get filled pretty fast and someone has been putting their stuff like old couches, mattress etc. around there. My property manager has to clean it up!!! Of course, I get billed for that…

I asked the city inspector if I could put a surveillance camera right above the trash can area and he said that is a good idea. My building is adjacent to a side street and the trash cans are on the side of this street. Not much through traffic there. The only people who use this side street are the people live in that area. I’m not sure if I should contact an attorney since I am putting a camera right above the trash cans but I will still run it by an attorney. I found some surveillance camera deals for this online.

Do you have any suggestions for the surveillance cameras that you (or someone you know) have used successfully? Please note that I do not live in my apartment building so I do not have internet connection there. This building has a basement.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated…

Thanks!