[Ipg-smz] Decoy Amazon shipping box on porch stolen within three minutes -- in Jersey City, NJ

[Sharon Fisher]

I expect we'll eventually have locked safes on our porches.

On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 6:00 AM Dana Blankenhorn <danablankenhorn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Honey pots could reduce box theft. Deliverypeople aren't allowed to leave
> stuff in mailboxes. Some are authorized to carry wireless terminals and get
> signatures, driving their own cars. Mine usually leave the stuff on my
> porch, within view of my desk. Amazon has tried to put lockers into stores
> so packages would be safe.
>
> But delivery is a huge societal change we're still accounting for.
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 1:48 AM Patrick Corrigan <phcorrigan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> They could cut this in half if they'd just ring the @#$%^ doorbell!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 3:43 PM Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Fascinating ---
>>>
>>> "We had a box out on the street for three minutes before it was taken,"
>>> said police Capt. James Crecco, who is overseeing the mission. "We thought
>>> it was a mistake at first."
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/article/New-Jersey-city-teaming-with-Amazon-to-thwart-box-13457047.php
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