INDIANAPOLIS The victim of a recent home burglary hopes images from his home security system will lead to the arrest of the suspect. He also hopes his case will inspire other residents to get involved with information sharing and neighborhood security.

The victimhas lived on Pennsylvania Avenue in the Fall Creek Place neighborhood on the north side of downtown Indianapolis for nine years. During that time, hes been the victim of several crimes.

This petty crime has been garages, Hetold Fox59. I had furniture stolen off my front porch. But now theyve come into my home.

That happened last Wednesday when hewas out of town and his wife and daughter were not home. A security camera on hisfront porch captured the image of a black male wearing a green sweatshirt and dark pants, standing at his front door. According tothesecurity system, the young man rang the front doorbell at 11:10am. About 15 minutes later, the glass in a back door was shattered. A few minutes later, the video showed the same young man exiting back through the shattered door before walking back around past the front porch. In the video, the man could be seen slinging a bag over his shoulder.

The victimsays that bag must have contained jewelry and a new laptop, which were missing from the house.

Hesays Indianapolis Metro Police investigators were able to lift fingerprints from the suspect, but the prints dont match any others on record.

Since the burglary, hehas been sharing information and pictures of the suspect with others in the Fall Creek Place neighborhood using an email list serve and the neighborhood networking app called Nextdoor. Several neighbors have replied to his posts, saying they believe they have seen the same young man walking around Fall Creek Place in recent weeks.

Its the kind of information sharing and networking that police and community leaders encourage as a proactive approach to fighting crime. Healso hopes other residents in other areas of central Indiana will follow his lead.

Particularly all of the downtown neighborhoods, Polick said. I think we all have to step up and be more vigilant and pay attention to whats going on.

While warmer weather usually brings an increase in criminal activity, its not clear if the home burglary signals any kind of unusual increase this year for Fall Creek Place. A number of other incidents have been reported nearthe victimshome, but its not clear if they are related to the break-in.

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Smart home technology is the latest craze among big tech and telecom companies, which are rolling out products that allow people to remotely control things like lights and locks and view footage from security cameras via mobile devices. Apple (AAPL, Tech30) became the latest company to get in on the act earlier this month, unveiling a new software platform called HomeKit that will allow people to manage their connected devices with their iPads or iPhones.

Companies like AT&T (T, Tech30), Verizon (VZ, Tech30) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) already offer smart home systems. Google (GOOGL, Tech30), meanwhile, bought connected device maker Nest Labs earlier this year and has reportedly looked into purchasing security camera maker Dropcam as well.

But smart home customers might be unaware that their security footage is being stored in some cases, and that it can be used against them in legal proceedings.

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"We're seeing law enforcement across a variety of areas arguing that they should be able to access information with lower standards than before the electronic age," said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union.

"If a lot of information is flowing out of your home, it provides a window into the things you're doing in your private space," he added.

Tech companies already get thousands of requests for customer data each year from government intelligence agencies as well as traditional law enforcement for things like email and phone records. Once home security footage begins being stored on companies' servers, there's no reason why cops wouldn't seek that out as well.

That means you may want to study the terms of service from your smart home provider to see what kinds of requirements they place on government and law enforcement data requests.

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Your lights are off and your doors are locked, but if you've got a "smart home" system, you may be offering cops a window into your house.

Smart home technology is the latest craze among big tech and telecom companies, which are rolling out products that allow people to remotely control things like lights and locks and view footage from security cameras via mobile devices. Apple became the latest company to get in on the act earlier this month, unveiling a new software platform called HomeKit that will allow people to manage their connected devices with their iPads or iPhones.

Companies like AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner Cable already offer smart home systems. Google, meanwhile, bought connected device maker Nest Labs earlier this year and has reportedly looked into purchasing security camera maker Dropcam as well.

But smart home customers might be unaware that their security footage is being stored in some cases, and that it can be used against them in legal proceedings.

"We're seeing law enforcement across a variety of areas arguing that they should be able to access information with lower standards than before the electronic age," said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union.

"If a lot of information is flowing out of your home, it provides a window into the things you're doing in your private space," he added.

Tech companies already get thousands of requests for customer data each year from government intelligence agencies as well as traditional law enforcement for things like email and phone records. Once home security footage begins being stored on companies' servers, there's no reason why cops wouldn't seek that out as well.

That means you may want to study the terms of service from your smart home provider to see what kinds of requirements they place on government and law enforcement data requests.

There are generally two ways the government or cops can get their hands on smart home data: search warrants and subpoenas. Warrants are authorized by judges when prosecutors show there is "probable cause" to believe that a specific piece of evidence they're seeking may be related to criminal activity. The standard for subpoenas is much lower, generally requiring only that the information being sought be relevant to an investigation. Some subpoenas require that the subject of the information request be notified and given a chance to challenge it, though some do not.

AT&T spokeswoman Gretchen Schultz said that if law enforcement officials are seeking smart home footage in a criminal investigation, the company requires them to provide a search warrant before the video is released. If the request comes in the form of a civil subpoena, she added, AT&T requires consent from the customer in question.

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday visited the Delhi police headquarters for the first time after taking charge and discussed with top officials women's security and other key law and order issues while assuring the force of all help in modernisation to make it more effective.

Singh also appreciated Delhi Police for its professional handling of law and order. In particular, he complimented the officers and men of Delhi Police for incident-free conduct of assembly polls last year and Lok Sabha elections this year.

"I discussed with the senior police officials about how we can modernise the force to tackle the law and order problems in the national capital," Singh told media persons outside the Delhi police headquarters at ITO.Singh arrived at the police headquarters around noon and stayed for nearly two hours.

He was briefed about the functioning of the force and was given a tour of Delhi Police's central command room and the control room.

Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi gave a presentation on some of the key steps introduced by the police in the recent past and also apprised the Home Minister about some of the achievements of the force.

Singh said Delhi Police, responsible for the security of capital of India, should become a role model for metropolitan policing. He assured full support of the government of India in making Delhi Police a modern, responsible and efficient police organisation.

Women security was one of the issues emphasised upon during the presentation which also included administrative, security and traffic matters in the national capital. Issues like financial approval, manpower enhancement and clearance for some of the projects which are pending with the ministry were touched upon while internal issues of the force and steps needed to make it more effective and modern were also discussed.

"We have given a presentation to the home minister in which we apprised him of Delhi's crime situation and some of the things we have done in the past in detail.

"We have briefed him about the functioning of the Delhi police and the home minister heard us patiently, understood the issues raised by us and then gave us guidance," Bassi told reporters after Singh's visit.

Singh also went to the command room. "He saw the way our force functions and appreciated it and assured us that whatever will be needed to Delhi police for its modernisation will be provided," he said.

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Handybook hopes to provide users with a way to hire cleaners or a handyman with the push of a button on their mobile phones. The company today is announcing it has raised a $30 million round of funding from Revolution Growth to support its expansion in new markets.

One of a growing number of startups offering the ability to book services online or through mobile apps, Handybook connects its users with professionals who can perform a variety of duties around the home. That starts with cleaning, but also extends to light plumbing and electrical work.

Over the past few months, Handybook has been adding services in a number of new cities. In April, the company expanded to a dozen new marketsand now operates in 28 markets across the U.S. Business has grown by 10 percent week over week, Hanrahan said, and the companys transaction value is 6.5-7x what it was at the beginning of the year.

According to co-founder and CEO Oisin Hanrahan, many of those new markets are growing much more quickly than its earlier launch areas did. Much of that is due to lack of competition and existing home services infrastructure in those cities. In many places, offering the ability to book cleaning or a handyman is still pretty new.

At the same time its expanded across the country, the company has also been increasing its headcount to support its growth. Handybook has grown from about 40 people at the beginning of the year to 120 today, Hanrahan told me.

The new money comes from Revolution Growth, the venture fund founded by Steve Case, Donn Davis, and Ted Leonsis. The round is on top of $12 million in funding that Handybook had raised from General Catalyst, Highland Capital, David Tisch, and Bullhorn CEO Art Papas, among others.

According to Hanrahan, Handybook decided to go with Revolution due to the experience that Case and Davis had with expanding local services businesses.

For us, it was about working with people who had an understanding of how local works, Hanrahan said. The guys just got it and understood how important it was to be hyperlocal.

For Handybook, winning local means getting the most supply of service pros in a given area. The company wants to get to a place where it has 100 percent availability within a three-hour window of someone opening the app, Hanrahan told me.

Of course, Handybook isnt alone in the home services market. Last December, Homejoy raised $38 million and has also grown rapidly since then. And there are rumors that Amazon is looking to go after the local services market.

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