Do not confront thieves. Do not threaten with guns. Shooting a thief that might result in a fatality could be prosecuted for wrongful death. Report theft to the police. Provide whatever evidence that may exist, but, DO NOT BECOME a vigilante.
December 12, 2015
By Morgan Brennan
It's a nasty practice (click here) that's become common enough to warrant a new term: porch pirates.
As package deliveries surge during the peak holiday season, so too do the incidents of packages being swiped from doorsteps.
Specific data on package theft is limited, since shipping companies and retailers don't typically parse it out. The U.S. Postal Service insists the "vast majority of the mail it delivers arrives intact"; FedEx (FDX) doesn't share stats; and UPS (UPS) will only say that of the tens of millions of packages it handles daily, reported thefts are "scant."
Nonetheless, insurancequotes.com, an insurance comparison site owned by Bankrate.com, estimates that a "whopping" 23 million Americans have had packages stolen from their homes before they could open them....
December 12, 2015By Morgan Brennan
It's a nasty practice (click here) that's become common enough to warrant a new term: porch pirates.
As package deliveries surge during the peak holiday season, so too do the incidents of packages being swiped from doorsteps.
Specific data on package theft is limited, since shipping companies and retailers don't typically parse it out. The U.S. Postal Service insists the "vast majority of the mail it delivers arrives intact"; FedEx (FDX) doesn't share stats; and UPS (UPS) will only say that of the tens of millions of packages it handles daily, reported thefts are "scant."
Nonetheless, insurancequotes.com, an insurance comparison site owned by Bankrate.com, estimates that a "whopping" 23 million Americans have had packages stolen from their homes before they could open them....
