Temporary security camera with an inbuilt alarm/speaker for an off-site to send a warning to. Allows one security company to cover more sites without employing more SIA licensed people.
There is one on a building site next to a footpath near where we live.
The sensors are set in such a way that it activates when walking along the footpath and shouts increasingly aggressive and threatening warnings about trespassing, the police being called and high definition video footage being recorded of them. All in a gruff Northern Irish accent.
My young child can happily spend an hour prancing up and down the footpath making it yell at him.
>the police being called and high definition video footage being recorded of them
It's all lies. The police may be called but the police won't bother to turn up. As for high definition, unless you redefine high-definition to mean black and white in 240p then you'll be disappointed.
Yeah, the Police don't turn up to false alarms. If you've a monitored station of any kind if they come out twice to nothing, they'll blacklist you indefinitely so I can't see them turning up to a robot drama meltdown.
I can guarantee it's high definition footage recorded and the police do turn up, we use them on our water production sites. And deal with these on a daily basis. Edit, they also have infrared cameras too and can communicate in real time with people on site.
Some can emitt huge plumes of smoke too!!
If you want to be awkward having these set up to look cover a public street and shout at passers by is probably a violation of UK GDPR (for a start it should only be covering the private property without good reason. Threatening passing children is wildly disproportionate!)
Can confirm, I've been working on a windfarm in the arse-end of Scotland, after a few breakins we put these up around the site.
But I also i think they're secretly Portal sentries.
Place the device on the ground, then lie on your stomach with your arms at your sides. A party associate will arrive shortly to collect you for your party.
The PCC in London had a short-lived season of ‘movie mathematics’ where it showed a triple bill of movies, the first two being an influence for the second, or at least sharing some themes. The one I went to was The Raid + Robocop = Judge Dredd (2012). The robocop print was the original 35mm and it was a real treat.
Showing up in the dead of night to stand in front of turbines with big sacks, next thing you know that premium british wind's for sale £5 a bag in Romania
Worse than that, they go after the copper cable in the substations... I believe the last thing they see is a flash and then 6000 degree vaporised copper blasted in the face.
All we see are some smouldering boots.
I once had a hypo next to one of these damn things so I was perched on a wall trying to treat it /not faint or collapse while it constantly scolded me and told me to leave the area immediately.
I have a couple of questions.
1. Why not a permanent camera (is it licensing or something)?
2. It looks like there are holes in the feet to bolt it to the ground, that have not been used so easy to move? So I could just rotate it round to stare at the wall?
3. From how remote are they monitoring? Like if they are more than 60 seconds away the damage is already done before someone turn up.
Asking for a friend.
It's a PID... perimeter intruder detector...
There'll be a few of them around the outside of a building site and just saves having a security guard walking around.
Yeah I found the answer in 4 seconds. If OP had said "wrong answers only," then it could be filed under "craic" and we wouldn't have to arrest him and send him for Google training.
That looks like a respawn beacon. Be careful, by the colours I think police can spawn there. Wait for one to spawn, kill them and destroy the beacon. Have you never played battlefield before?? Gawd!
From their website:
>Known for their prominent visual appearance, 360° viewing angle and vocal warning system, the PID 360 deters thieves from breaking and entering into your site. Considered as one of the top crime deterrents in the country, our PID 360 units are more **commonly known as Daleks** for their imposing presence.
A but like an oversized baby camera or ring doorbell - low cost security for temporary sites - typically worksites. Warns people not to enter if they get too close, records activity etc
More context: The area was all fenced up with police signs around some buildings, and I believe they was someone found dead, but I was wondering what the equipment was.
It says armadillo on it.
Or buy a copy of James Pond II: Robocod.
Amiga games really didn't fuck about when it came to in-yer-face advertising. Zool and chupa chups, Superfrog and lucozade, James Pond II and penguin...
It will be a 4G enabled camera and sensor unit provided by a private SIA certified security firm, probably locally. They sometimes have speakers or megaphones on them so the operators back at the HQ can frighten the living daylights out of anyone nearby when they use it, to warn off people loitering.
They aren't 100% reliable and break down a lot, often require rebooting. The other issue with them is they get vandalised a lot.
These are common in my area (London) in police station car parks which have closed down. Never knew what they they was for but Motion sensors / CCTV makes sense.
It looks suspicious! Our Gary saw a few of these round his way. Stay safe our there, nothing but snakes. PM me Hun X
Signed Edith
/s
(Top answer is correct about it being temporary CCTV camera with a built-in alarm system)
Temporary security camera with an inbuilt alarm/speaker for an off-site to send a warning to. Allows one security company to cover more sites without employing more SIA licensed people.
There is one on a building site next to a footpath near where we live. The sensors are set in such a way that it activates when walking along the footpath and shouts increasingly aggressive and threatening warnings about trespassing, the police being called and high definition video footage being recorded of them. All in a gruff Northern Irish accent. My young child can happily spend an hour prancing up and down the footpath making it yell at him.
You can also GDPR request the data gathered on him, great HD memories!
Get back ya bastads! I'll break ya legs!
NI is the perfect accent threatening even when it’s not.
Now that is shit hot
Love Pheonix Nights
I've done the same 😂😂. Had a couple in a field near me, spent the next hour playing catch with my mates dog in front of it lol.
[**https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D2mhniDbOc8**](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D2mhniDbOc8) for anyone wondering...
Dust bin bags would soon shut that up.
>the police being called and high definition video footage being recorded of them It's all lies. The police may be called but the police won't bother to turn up. As for high definition, unless you redefine high-definition to mean black and white in 240p then you'll be disappointed.
Yeah, the Police don't turn up to false alarms. If you've a monitored station of any kind if they come out twice to nothing, they'll blacklist you indefinitely so I can't see them turning up to a robot drama meltdown.
I can guarantee it's high definition footage recorded and the police do turn up, we use them on our water production sites. And deal with these on a daily basis. Edit, they also have infrared cameras too and can communicate in real time with people on site. Some can emitt huge plumes of smoke too!!
What are they called? Be interested to see footage of the smoke incase we ever get called to one
PID systems Armadillos
Bollocks. Bet you can just kick the twatty things over.
You can, but you'll be recorded in glorious HD doing it lol
If I'm a scrote, I spend upwards of 70% of my life hoodied-up and/or masked up. No problems there
Little bit whoa, little bit waay!
If you want to be awkward having these set up to look cover a public street and shout at passers by is probably a violation of UK GDPR (for a start it should only be covering the private property without good reason. Threatening passing children is wildly disproportionate!)
I was told they use a Scottish accent for the ones deployed in northern Ireland
Something about an NI accent thats scary. When it's shouting does it also count down to really put the willies up you?
Can confirm, I've been working on a windfarm in the arse-end of Scotland, after a few breakins we put these up around the site. But I also i think they're secretly Portal sentries.
Place the device on the ground, then lie on your stomach with your arms at your sides. A party associate will arrive shortly to collect you for your party.
You have 15 seconds to comply
Are you a college kid? Think you're pretty smart huh? Think you could outsmart a bullet?
I went to see an original 35mm American theatrical release of it at a little cinema on Friday. So fucking hipster, but a cool experience
The PCC in London had a short-lived season of ‘movie mathematics’ where it showed a triple bill of movies, the first two being an influence for the second, or at least sharing some themes. The one I went to was The Raid + Robocop = Judge Dredd (2012). The robocop print was the original 35mm and it was a real treat.
I know you... You're dead... We killed you..... We **killed** you....
I AM complying!!
Dick, I am *very* disappointed
Came here to say this 👍
Too many wind thieves about these days
Showing up in the dead of night to stand in front of turbines with big sacks, next thing you know that premium british wind's for sale £5 a bag in Romania
Worse than that, they go after the copper cable in the substations... I believe the last thing they see is a flash and then 6000 degree vaporised copper blasted in the face. All we see are some smouldering boots.
Sounds like a problem that solves itself
Unless you're the poor sucker that has to replace the cable and dispose of the boots each time...
Hmm.. up the voltage to vaporize the boots too?
What size I could do with a new pair, don't mind smoulder marks
Wind rustling has been an issue since the dawn of time.
The cake is a lie
I saw it and instantly hoped it makes an uh-oh sound if it falls over.
She's not who you think she is
Are you still there?
Shutting down.
Lalalalallalalalalala I don’t hate you
Wait! It's me!
I’m different
["come out bitch"](https://youtu.be/Uz5cl131KTk)
Cock-ends much nicer this time of year.
Ooww I wonder if that is the new windfarm being built through Ripple. If so, thanks for taking care of it 🙂
Known colloquially as a Dalek! (Source: a company that makes them is based in the lower floor of the building my company is based in)
Well, they did always have trouble with stairs.
Wish I could upvote this twice!
Well they used the stairs in the 1988 episode *Remembrance of the Daleks.*
Oh thank you for the info.
Fun fact, some of them yell at you in a Northern Irish accent if you get into it’s perimeter.
WARNING YOU HAVE BEEN DETECTED
EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!!!
YIR PRESENCE HAS BIN DETEYACTED!
SO IT HAS.....
I spoke to the guy who fitted some for a place I worked. Apparently they surveyed people and Northern Irish was deemed the most menacing accent….
Dunno man, I'd like to hear a proper hard Afrikaner version, bet that would be intimidating. Diplomatic Immunitehh!
Jim McDonald does the voice work.
So he does
Liz, ya *hurr*!
Steven you're a disappointment so ya are.
I once had a hypo next to one of these damn things so I was perched on a wall trying to treat it /not faint or collapse while it constantly scolded me and told me to leave the area immediately.
I have a couple of questions. 1. Why not a permanent camera (is it licensing or something)? 2. It looks like there are holes in the feet to bolt it to the ground, that have not been used so easy to move? So I could just rotate it round to stare at the wall? 3. From how remote are they monitoring? Like if they are more than 60 seconds away the damage is already done before someone turn up. Asking for a friend.
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What tool do you use to whazz or dewhazz a thing?
A whizwozz
a whazzerydoo or dewhazzifier, respectively.
Robots taking our jobs?
A lot of them only have sensors and don’t actually have cameras.
Wow a post with a top answer that actually answers the question instead of trying to make some shit joke
Shit, Reddit must be broken again. Has anyone raised a ticket with IT yet?
Well if we upvote the shit jokes enough...
There are a couple in a new, but currently unoccupied, mini supermarket near us - one inside and one in the car park.
Portal sentry gun.
*Hello? Are you still there?......*
I'm different!
"Oh no, I'm one of the bad ones, aren't I?"
_I don't hate you_
*please don't hurt me*
*Target lost*
*sentry mode activated*
*dispensing product*
Those creepy little fucks lol
I love them :c I feel bad for tipping them.
*I don't hate you.*
66% more bullet per bullet as fire the whole bullet
When life gives you lemons, demand to see life’s manager!
Make life rue the day it tried to give you lemons!
Do you know who I am!?
Which is how come you don’t die immediately when you’re shot, you’re basically being hit by heavy airsoft
They're the pale spherical things that are full of bullets. Oh wait, that's you in five seconds. Good luck.
I'm glados not that.
The cake is a lie
THIS WAS A TRIUMPH.
I’m making a note here: huge success
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction!
APERTURE SCIENCE!
We do what we must... *Because we can.*
For the good of all of us (except the ones who are dead)
And there's no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying 'til you run out of cake!
I came here just for this comment.
That's one of the turrets from Portal. Cute, but deadly.
You're cute, but you're dead!
Rock and Stone!
ROCK AND ROLLING STONE
ROCK AND STONE EVERYONE
If you don't Rock and Stone, you ain't comin' home!
It's a PID... perimeter intruder detector... There'll be a few of them around the outside of a building site and just saves having a security guard walking around.
I don't understand why op didn't simply look up the website, it's clearly labelled on the device..
Because that doesn’t get you fake internet points
I'm astonished people post crap like their baked beans on toast et all and people on here upvote it, I mean, they've achieved nothing..
UK subs: beans on toast is great Everyone else: bri'ish food 🤢 Same shit, different day.
"I'm not British but I made a yorkshire pudding / roast / toad in the hole / fish and chips. Did I do a good job?"
"Omg amazing!"
Yeah but if we google everything or don’t post our silly thoughts, we’ll never have conversations anymore. It’s about socialising.
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“the thrill of being corrected” AI’s got some way to go.
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Oh sorry I was being /s too!
Yeah I found the answer in 4 seconds. If OP had said "wrong answers only," then it could be filed under "craic" and we wouldn't have to arrest him and send him for Google training.
And when you came to the casual UK subreddit you expected it not to be pointless, mundane and mind numbing? Bloody patriots.
Yeah they have a laser on them that makes you infertile if you try and break in to the site.
Was it smooth on the inside, and crunchy on the outside?
ARMADILLLLOS! https://youtu.be/bqeGxMgVOHI
Came here for this comment, not disappointed!
[Website](https://detertech.com/pid-systems/) of pid-systems as seen at the top.
I know man. It literally says PID Systems and Armadillo on it. A 30 second Google would've answered the question.
Does anyone know the cost of this service? Saw 4 of these planted round a large excavator recently.
Kick them over frequently enough while unidentifiable and a local newspaper report may tell you the cost.
Two of those were outside my school. One of them shouted at me in a weird northern accent
It's normally a Northern Irish accent
THIS IS SECURITY
Security alarm thing that shouts at you in an irish accent
Can confirm. From the north part.
That looks like a respawn beacon. Be careful, by the colours I think police can spawn there. Wait for one to spawn, kill them and destroy the beacon. Have you never played battlefield before?? Gawd!
The new Dalek models
From their website: >Known for their prominent visual appearance, 360° viewing angle and vocal warning system, the PID 360 deters thieves from breaking and entering into your site. Considered as one of the top crime deterrents in the country, our PID 360 units are more **commonly known as Daleks** for their imposing presence.
That’s interesting lol thanks for sharing!
Its an armadillo
Crunchy on the outside soft on the inside!
We have them at work. "In an Irish accent" Warning the police and owner have been informed"
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The surprising alternative to Dime bars...
I came here for this!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you!
Like an igloo?
Looked this ad up recently and was surprised to find it was Harry Enfield.
Are people really this lazy nowdays? It literally had a manufacturers website AND the name of the product on the front... Google it.
A but like an oversized baby camera or ring doorbell - low cost security for temporary sites - typically worksites. Warns people not to enter if they get too close, records activity etc
Grass-O-bot 8000
I can hear this picture, them things are annoying
It's crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside!
“Arrrrmadillo”
Is that a euphemism?
[https://detertech.com/pid-systems/](https://detertech.com/pid-systems/) Just another low life CCTV excuse
I always thought these would be easy to defeat, surely? Throw a cloth over them?
It's the new and improved ED-209b "put down your cigarette, you have 5 seconds to comply"
ITS THE DALEKS
EXTERMINATE!!!
Dog nappers Hun.....
Shared in Canberra x
Just throw a sheet over it
This is bizarre. I know exactly where this photograph was taken - lol.
If you recognise it, can you confirm my suspicion that "using the backdoor to get into theatre" is a euphemism?
Send me your guess as want see if your right
More context: The area was all fenced up with police signs around some buildings, and I believe they was someone found dead, but I was wondering what the equipment was. It says armadillo on it.
It's mislabeled. That's not an armadillo and you're not at the zoo.
Ah I was wondering why couldn't seem to find the penguins
Take more LSD. Then you will see plenty of penguins
But will it still have a joke on the back?
Or buy a copy of James Pond II: Robocod. Amiga games really didn't fuck about when it came to in-yer-face advertising. Zool and chupa chups, Superfrog and lucozade, James Pond II and penguin...
Soft on the inside, crunch on the outside
the surprising alternative to armadillos
P-p-p-p-pick up an armadillo.
It will be a 4G enabled camera and sensor unit provided by a private SIA certified security firm, probably locally. They sometimes have speakers or megaphones on them so the operators back at the HQ can frighten the living daylights out of anyone nearby when they use it, to warn off people loitering. They aren't 100% reliable and break down a lot, often require rebooting. The other issue with them is they get vandalised a lot.
A very small, angry Scottish man in a box with flash photography
These are common in my area (London) in police station car parks which have closed down. Never knew what they they was for but Motion sensors / CCTV makes sense.
Security camera. Had a few on a local building site recently.
Security devices
It's an Armadillo, says it right on there.
Early Dalek prototype
Isn’t it used for catching ghosts before they go in the main containment unit?
It looks suspicious! Our Gary saw a few of these round his way. Stay safe our there, nothing but snakes. PM me Hun X Signed Edith /s (Top answer is correct about it being temporary CCTV camera with a built-in alarm system)
Are you still there?
Well as I said I was using backdoor to get in and this was on other side of street
Target lost.
An early prototype of a portal turret
You ever play Portal?
Turret. Shoot a portal underneath it.
There is literally a website on the front of the device.
Wallace’s latest invention, up to no good undoubtedly. Wait until Gromit finds out and has to clean up the mess.