Posted on 12/23/2021 3:33:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
Police in California are taking action against thieves as Christmas quickly approaches.
They leave packages with tracking devices in front of houses to catch porch pirates.
"We're going to a prearranged residence with the homeowner's consent. They are a prior victim of either mail theft or package theft. We place the package at the front door, and we wait for the signal to go off," said Anaheim Police Officer Andrei Bratiloveanu.
Officers are delivering boxes with GPS trackers inside an unmarked black van to bait the thieves.
The package is placed at a house that's been targeted twice already.
The box contains iPhones and other popular gifts.
Then, officers sit back and wait.
"Dispatch will get the notification that the package has moved, and they're able to relay to officers at what speed and which direction the package is going in," said Officer Bratiloveanu.
Once the package is taken, an alarm sounds on dispatchers’ computers.
Officers receive notifications on their cell phones.
A man was tracked and arrested at a park as he opened the package.
Police say they will use the high-tech crime fighting tool all year.
Dye Packs would be good too.
Or a few ounces of C4.
That guy showed to cops how to do this! He built the camera-glitter-bombs at his own expense and his videos are great.
The package is placed at a house that's been targeted twice already.
For instance - Get a warrant to have the delivery company notify the cops when a delivery is scheduled.
Wait and watch. Bust 'em if they show up then.
Putting out bait isn't exactly...sporting.
JMO, YMMV
Gift wrapped C4 with a touch sensitive trigger should discourage porch pirates; well, future ones.
What’s wrong with the traditional method of a trapdoor sending them plummeting into a pitch black dungeon with a foot of foul smelling water inhabited by large, starving predatory reptiles?
Just a pit full of sharpened staves also works, but it can attract ants.
Just remember that You must drill many a vent holes so “Shredder” can breathe and vent the ever present Dobie gasses. 💨 💨 💨 💨 💨
Youtube has dedicated channels to Porch Pirates GETTING CAUGHT and ARRESTED.
One of them the guy went in his car and went around the neighborhood while calling the cops. He found the pair (no, they were white kids! imagine that) and the cops arrested them around 5 blocks out.
No claymores?
Bear traps is a workable idea. Folks missing limbs might be discouraged from further illegal behavior. Personally, I like the idea of front porch target practice. 😁
Then you get sued to oblivion because the thief was injured by you.
Heard a funny idea today. If you have worthless junk in your house (broken plates, armless dolls…you know the stuff I mean) and you want to easily get rid it, put it all into used Amazon boxes, tape them up, and leave them on your front porch!
Just wait until some zero-bail punk seeks vengeance on the homeowner who cooperated with the police. It isn’t that hard to put two and two together.
No, enough is enough.
EVERY package that the police place should contain one pound of standard dynamite.
Once the package is placed, it should be under uninterrupted observation, and recorded.
The daily results of porch piracy MUST be broadcast EVERY evening to the entire nation. No edits, no cut-aways.
Great idea slacker thief busted.
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