A look behind the scenes at how police are helping target and crack down on people who steal packages from the doorsteps of others’ homes. #ABCNews #PorchPirates #CrimePrevention #Amazon #FedEx #UPS #USPS #Anaheim
@@jeremyhunnicutt5202 *What's so funny about dumbass Democrats taking away constitutional rights, and creating mass areas of crime?* *Democratic California has the record for most mass shootings....*
I dont think that stealing amazon packages is that fucked up, at all infact, they will forsure be compensated for the missing package and the people stealing arent bad people necessarily they may have just been in a tight spot. But all that set aside people that steal packages are usually the scum of the earth especially if they just steal all packages.
Luis Fraser you are out of your flipping mind. Not necessarily bad people? How does stealing random mystery packages help someone in a tight spot? Don’t bother answering, you’re just an idiot and quite possibly a thief.
Why not just post the photos of all of these thieves on the morning news or Facebook atleast they can be embarrassed if they want to steal other people’s gifts
Those same individuals who are stealing wouldn’t like anything stolen from them. People like this deserve to be surprised by a couple of pit bulls. Don’t kill them, just scare the shi* out of them.
hypocrites, if you steal stop being mad about others stealing from you. (or learn about it and realize stealing is evil) Like some people don't consider it that bad of a crime, but then you realize they may be taking things others literally cannot afford to lose (not talking specifically in cases of stealing packages) and it makes me so angry, like what if they steal a couple hundred bucks someone was saving for their child's college or something, I still remember that line from that one eminem song and just the thought of someone so emotionlessly taking something someone has strived for months if not years to get angers me so much. Just imagine something you worked very hard to get and it is suddenly is gone, weeks, months or years of work gone cause someone doesn't have the heart or the willingness to care for others.
I feel far harsher towards them (thieves), my family’s car was broken into at church a few weeks from Christmas (2008) and I was hit the hardest (visiting from out of town all of our stuff was in the car). I don’t believe death is a fair punishment but definitely a few years (few months to 10 years) depending on how egregious the circumstance was (broken with fam or just a POS).
SurprisemuderfuckaIamurdad I doubt my a AMStaff would let go either. Oops that was just too bad . I told him to only have a little chew officer but he would not let go
My aunt keeps a metal box attached to her porch and the delivery driver can leave the packages inside the box and close the lock that my aunt has a key to. We shouldn’t have to take these measures if people acted like decent human beings though.
Good idea for one parcel, if two parcels arrive on the same day but different times, one will have to be left out (at least where i live there are three delivery services)
@@arizexas not what i meant, if the delivery driver closes the box, the next driver will have to leave the second one exposed, since its locked and needs the key
@triggeredlmao i'll try to piss you off in a good way. If the police were actually going after the criminals for theft they wouldn't guide abc on every step. This tells me some things. First it tells me the police are just looking to reduce the crime with soft pressure because they either lack funding or manpower. It also tells me that might be the equivalent of an empty police car parked near a school zone to reduce traffic speed and are trying to do as little as possible.
@@getexposedlmao Yeah he knows you are praising them. He means that you are insulting them even as you are praising them which is unnecessary. You wrote it in all capitals (which is stupid as your whole sentence doesn't need to be emphasized) and it was a backhanded compliment anyway because you said "Finally" good use of tax dollars. So it's not really a compliment then is it? If you wanted to praise them then you would just say "Good job" or something. Not point out what a shitty job they do the rest of the time. It would be like saying to someone "wow, you look really nice for a change". Do you think the person is going to take that as a compliment? I'd hate to see how your relationships work, lol. P.S You spelled Dumbass wrong LMFAO
I agree... i fantasize about some Ahole on my property stealing... it gives me every right to beat the living shit out of em, call the police, and press charges
If that were the case then you wouldn't have them delivered in such a way that they are just left at your door when you are not home. Most of these packages are Amazon purchases or Christmas presents being sent to people. When you order something important then you sign for it, and if you are not home then they leave it at the nearest postal outlet or 7/11.
Here in Finland, the delivery drivers (I am one) can just drop the package on the door step with no fear of Someone stealing it. We just call the receiver and they will pick up the package asap
Damn they put the 2 iPhones on purpose, since it’s worth was more than $500 the package theives were charged with felonies not misdemeanors 💀💀 they really played them Edit: Damn chill y’all, just saying that there could have been $5 worth of stuff in the box or $500 worth of stuff. And the cops took the chance and went full blast lmao.
How desperate does a person have to be to literally steal a mystery box that has something in it that's probably utterly useless to the person stealing it?
It's definitely one of the lowest forms of theft. It should carry stiffer sentences in my opinion since it's almost a federal crime I believe to be fucking with the mail. It's just disgusting how low people will go and what's worse about it is a lot of these people that do it feel justified in stealing shit from others because they blame society for their laziness and not themselves. They don't take responsibility so they take from others instead.
I think that all packages should have a GPS tracker inside = And they should be stiff penalty for the people who get caught with other people's package
I mean maybe that would work if we started reusing packages then it would actually be economical. So when you receive your delivery, you can drop of the package at your own convenience at a drop off location.
@@Bilingual_Tiffanyasami The cities always have money for new stadiums and such. More jails, or prisons, will also bring employment. Some kind of punishment needs to be proposed though, because a slap on the hand isn't working.
Because everyone is presumed innocent until proven gui....errrr... this is literally the definition of "getting caught red handed"... so honestly, i dont know :p
Joseph Astier I personally believe that if you commit a crime you forfeit you’re privacy, if your boss just so happens to be recommended this video, that’s your problem. Why did you steal my Xbox Steve!
123456bmx sorry I didn’t know stealing other people’s stuff that they bought with their hard earned money is something to be so non cholant about my bad.
nowdays? I was a victim of this in 2004- 15 years ago! It's not new, people have stolen packages from people for years, only now it's being more broadcast.
It's not the military's job to catch criminals, is it? It's called Posse Comitatus. An armed drone. You want a Hellfire missile dropped on a dirt bag in the middle of the street? You certainly didn't think this through, did you?
eric t Or just simply have delivery package lockers so nobody besides the one(s) that have the key to unlock it can unlock it. Just like how we got mailboxes.
How so. No one is dying because of missing packages, but people who think they can get away with driving however they feel like is a danger to us all, and takes peoples lives every single day. Amazon will replace your package for free if it gets stolen. Plus, by putting it on TV like this, now the thief will know to open the package and remove the goods right there on the yard and leave behind the tracker. The cops only know its been stolen when they take the whole box with them. This is just a PR stunt, and a way to sell that Ring system they push through the whole video.
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. At least from my experience. I personally wish they didn't (I don't trust people that easily), but thankfully my neighbors have all been pretty chill with it. ~shrugs~
Put it in your delivery notes and whoever handles your package will honor it though don't fault him/her if said neighbor(s) will not be home. This is assuming you trust him/her and are at a reasonable distance. It'd be a waste of time in the country where the houses are _very_ spaced out. The USA is the complete opposite of the EU. Our houses can be a mile (1.6km+) apart.
@@bjornjoseph Recipient is not answering the door, courier/mail person calls at their immediate neighbours house, success/try again the next day. Did that really need context?
I don’t understand why American postal delivery companies are allowed to leave packages at doors? There are post offices and signature release services for a reason right???
I dont think they give a shit what ppl call them. Ive never heard of anyone saying "hey yo lets go steal some shit" "Naw man they aint calling it porch pirates no more. They are calling us scum and thieves now" "Oh for real? Shit man, im glad you told me. Wanna go look for a job with me?"
Happened to me twice. I now ship to my work place. I live 10 mins away from home. I would get the alert and leave immediately. Stuff gone that quick. Camera caught everything but police never caught the thief.
As a European I just cannot understand how just leaving a package on the doorstep can ever be permitted. The delivery company would be 100% liable if the package wasn't signed off by the recipient at the (agreed) delivery adress and then got stolen.
@Anthony Lopez its not paranoid and thay are easy to hack and take them off line and you are giveing privacy for security to big brother at the nsa thay love people like u
@@smrtguy77777 you can just send a deauth attack on the wifi and take it off line with out the password best bet would be get a server or dvr off line to the internet and put up cams around your home
@Anthony Lopez These cameras are big brother with a false sense of security. Hey everyone here use these cameras to keep yourselves safe 😉 we won't ever hack them🤣. If people were smart they'd use a DVR system with no internet required. These can be used by burglars to get into the neighbors house. If it's facing the neighbors house and it's hacked it can be used to see someone's schedule. So no thanks.
I'm glad the police are catching these thieves, and for their own good. They will eventually hit the wrong house and Will leave on a stretcher, breathing,, or maybe not.
@@JustinAbroad i live in an appartment type complex and they have a part of our mailbox like this. If we get a package, they put a key in our mail slot which stays locked ofc. Below that is the bigger compartment. You open it with the key, grab your package, close it and the key remains stuck inside the lock for the mailman. It's pointless if we have multiple packages or one thats too big, then they just put it on our doorstepd. We just recently got like 4 packages from our neighbor, all from Amazon too, not cool
Im from Australia and we really don't have a problem like that here. It does happen every now and then but nowhere near as bad as the US. The way our mailing system works is that when a parcel is delivered the delivery driver actually knocks on the door and hands it to the owner. If no one is home on the day, then the package is dropped off at the nearest post office and a "attempted delivery" slip is left in the mail letting the owner know their package is at the post office and they need to go and pick it up. I think that would be much cheaper then inserting GPS trackers in package's. If the Thief takes the package then removes the contents and throws the box away, then there's really no way to find the item anymore. By the time the owner gets home, realises their package is missing and tries to track it, it's long gone.
Cheers Brallan for clearing it up a little for me. Didn't know the US has that option also.... Honestly Benjamin i thought it was a massive problem there because the amount of videos ive seen, it actually looks like parcel theft is out of control. Sometimes it even makes the evening news here so most of us think its a massive problem. Thank for the heads up 👍
Here’s what I would do: Ok, so, I would fill an amazon box full of rocks, and then set the box outside and when they take it, they’ll open it and see a bunch of rocks in it 🤣
Once the package is in motion it's a done deal. Besides no one's going to stand there and open the package just to remove something they "think" might be in there.
i think this is weird, in my country they never leave packages at the door. if you are not home you will get notice that you can pick up your package at the post office. simple solution. Also you can add an option to deliver it to your neigbours with consent if your not home, the postmen will have to leave a note saying where it is delivered.
TheWannabmodel90210 I believe my neighbor is stealing my packages. I notice on days that I get home before him, my packages are always in front of my door. If I get home after him, no packages.
@Anthony Lopez Stealing someone else's worked-for items is barbaric. Not saying that it's what should be done, but if all the people who did things like this suddenly disappeared, the world wouldn't mourn or miss a beat because these people are leeches on society.
