From my understanding the only things that will raise red flags is excessive usage i.e. the meter reader comes out, and sees your needle spinning alot faster than what they normally see. The primary reasons that people do get busted is due to the fact that loose lips sink ships. Keep your mouth shut about your grow operation, instead of telling people you grow it, just say you found some killer bud from a friend..

Also, the only time police will look in to a grow operation is if they have a rat, to lessen their sentence, they will tell the police where you live, and then police will use thermal imaging to see if there is excessive heat usage coming from that residence. This is legal in most states. In most cases, police do not bother going house to house since they don't have anything to go on except heat, no witnesses means no crime. Remember that.

If they have a witness saying they smell marijuana coming from your house all the time, or a disgruntled friend who doesn't like your prices, that will be enough for them to get you. There is no such thing as over cautious.


Without a witness to say otherwise, they can only assume you are at best, growing vegetables in an indoor garden.