Across the country, “porch pirates” are stealing people’s packages right from their doorsteps. In the last year, 79% of Americans had a package stolen, a problem most severe in California’s Bay Area. That’s why Campbell, California police, like many departments across the country, are putting GPS tracking devices inside bait packages to track down thieves.
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#PorchPirates #Packages #Stealing
Can you say something else other than “holiday cheer”…seriously the 500th time lol
I’m so happy something is being done in your area. I wish the PD in my area will do the same.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Worst part is you can paintball them
I get my expensive stuff delivered at work 💯💯 not big items but small stuff 🙃 😁
They should hire Mark Rober or make their own glitter bomb trap. Let them get more humiliated
In California it’s a misdemeanor if it’s right under $1,000. So they’re going to get a ticket?
This is awesome!!!
The real solution is to stop getting stuff shipped to your porch!!
Hope we start prosecuting more porch pirates. Surprising how much effort is taken to be a porch pirate especially since there isn’t any fried chicken or watermelon in those things.
I’m surprised people are actually doing this, it’s not difficult to work a job and buy things online
First offense, cut off 1 hand. Second offense cut off OTHER hand. Third offense is Human sized wood chipper. Thieving isn’t a hustle. Wake up America.
I wish they would make it a felony for stealing packages!!! These people need to get a job
Mark Rober fart glitter bait packages are hilarious.
Just remember a bum isn’t a homeless person. These are the true bums and born losers of the world. You are seeing them emerge more and more these days.
Red state crime is out of control.
Jamal…
I’ve left delivery instructions with Amazon several times explicitly informing them that I want to be there to sign for it or to leave it in the backyard behind a wooden fence I have to where nobody can see it and they don’t ever follow these instructions. I have even left a huge note on the front door where it would be impossible to not see it that said LEAVE IN BACK YARD and they won’t do it. I’ve never had anything stolen but that is really frustrating and don’t believe for a second that they will follow your instructions.
Me and my neighbor hide each other’s packages if we know the other isn’t home , they have had one incident prior to us starting to do that .
Just leave a box 📦 on your porch filled with dog 🐕 poop 💩 . That’ll teach these porch pirates ☠️ a lesson. 🤣
There a underground criminal enterprise that is hiring and paying people to steal packages . They know when the package arrives and what’s in it. Sometimes the people stealing the packages think it’s a real job . Happening all over the US.
Shot gun works better
People with pets need fill a box with #2.Bet they dont return
I boxed up my dog 3 days worth of doodoo in a box and they fell for it 3 times already in front of my porch it was so satisfying I wish I could see their faces , next I will get some spiders with other insects.
Lol, they’re mostly black.
Just have the shipper put Father’s Day Card Company on the return label. Guaranteed to stop it
Great idea with the GPS tracking they should have been doing this all along. I’m glad to see it. People that try to take others property need to be charged.
PUT THE TRACKING DEVICES ON THE KIDS lmao tf?
Well you just alerted thieves of your counter giving them the opportunity to do so as well, reeeeeaaaally smart on your part.
A baseball bat works also. You can set up a blind in your neighbors hedge.
Probably should just make it into a bomb and let them lose a hand
Yeah now that you showed in national tv the porch pirate know now to keep the itemss and dspose the box/package as quickly as they stole it. Good job news people and police, you just updated the pirates.
Someone please build a porch lock box, which only delivery persons can open via QR code. The lock box can be quite large, and fastened to a wall or deck. When you get home, all of your packages are safe! 🔒
Oh if you really want to see the bait stolen go to oakland
When yall gonna talk about the Twitter File Drop?
Just put trash in empty boxes and put them outside by door. Thieves taking the trash out for you. 👍
delivery drivers more than half the time wont follow delivery instructions, ordered girl scout cookies and left instructions to put the package on my back porch so if it rained then it would be covered, and guess what? it stormed and i came home to see it on my front porch, every box of cookies was soaked and all they did was tell me to contact the shipper, same thing happened with ups and usps, they dont listen
amazons delivery drivers response to delivery instructions…”yes”
Mark the packages as containing work boots and they won’t even be touched.
Looks like being a porch pirate has a race requirment,black
I’m Loving it, Crooks be like 😲 when the police roll up on dat azz.
Wow, I’m shocked yall showed all those upstanding young black people fugging over their fellow humans.
No leadership in USA results in increase crime.
That’s just crazy
Look at all those dark people
Make taking a package burglary, a felony. Problem solved.
Yea.. letting the pirates know via YT isn’t a bad idea
🤡
Curious to see demographics of porch pirates
Basically, thieves will now target amazon deliveries and avoid plain boxes, law enforcement needs to up their game
no quality thiefs left, stealling halloween decorations wow
so people dont know how a gps tracing de ice works yet 😂
Mark Rober does it best. Glitter Bomb is the way to do it!
This footage is racist. BLM are not happy until only white theives are shown. Shame on all these media outlets for showing all this and race baiting.
79% of Americans have had a package stolen? I refuse to believe that.
I ordered parts for my car and they were delivered in about 4 days. I installed them the same day, and the next day, I get a text telling me they were delivered. Prompt!
Skeleton minding its own business wants to file assult charges.
I’m think I’m going to order some syphilis disguised as body lotion.
Hey, I have Halloween decorations and a lifetime supply of cornflakes and hypoallergenic baby wipes in my eBay store! Hit me up for the link… 👀
GPS is a good start, IED would be more effective.
Maybe you should find a solution to everything, instead of chasing something that will repeat for all eternity.
Can we stop attacking cops for trying to help with this issue. If you have an issue with the law (being too lenient some say), then go to the District Attorney’s Office. In the meantime, stop directing your mis-guided lamenting to the cops – they only ENFORCE the LAW. THEY DON”T MAKE IT.
…but they are released…so this is a waste of tax payer money!
Put some explosives
I bet using bait, plus an AR15 with a silencer, might add a new layer of deterrence.
Porch pirate videos tend to be so vibrant and diverse.
You would be headless if you do this around my house
This is why ied’s need to be readily available for citizens. Lets see how many people risk stealing a package when they see people getting blown apart for stepping foot on someone elses property without permission.
I’d absolutely love catching one in the act 😊
My bait is a Mossberg 930 semi, loaded with slugs.
so how is this effective against a porch pirate that buys a $40 RF detector off amazon? In 2 seconds, they can determine if the package is transmitting.
What about politicians corruption?
#FreeJulianAssange
The usual suspects 🤣💩
Start catching thieves an cutting off hands as punishment.
The Police are taking ideas from YouTube prank pages. I guess better late than never.
So, they just remove the contents and pitch the package. It’s videos like this that tells them what they need to do!
79% of Americans?! Living in a densely populated inner ring suburb of 50k residents I’m surprised and thankful we haven’t had anything taken before. And it’s not as if we utilize Amazon and the internet sparingly. Count us one of the lucky ones I guess.
In my neck of the wood in Bay Area, something like this never happens. On top of that, I have a crazy paranoid ex. army neighbor on PTSD looking out for the strangers. It took him a while to stop bothering us. And he is out there always and has no job or no hobby except to protect the neighborhood from unknown invasion he is predicting. Sucks he inherited his house from his parents. And I have no doubt he won’t go anywhere. On the other hand, he chased away a homeless who was collecting our trash. And my kids are having fun poking a joke at this crazy guy. He seems pretty cool with the kids, so I am letting it go for now.
Why are they putting this on TV? Kinda ruins the secret, right?
This reminds me, gotta be on the look out for Mark Rober’s yearly treat
It would be way more fun if the package would explode in their hands.😎
Can thank a NASA Engineer for the very first design of these bait packages.
What if the delivery driver steals your packages that were delivered earlier by another driver?
its not the delivery companies fault packages are getting stolen. i don’t understand why people want to hang them for someone else steeling the packages?. unless you have it insured through them. i think if you catch someone steeling your packages, you should be able to give them two in the back as they run away with your stuff.
Is it me? Or are most of them colored
When home hit em with the waterhose bad kitty worse if your trying to get in my home.
What weak reporting…. Show everything but the criminal being caught and arrested… Nice job NBC, that will really deter those porch pirates!
Now we need bait catalytic converters too
So you’re telling me that funding the Police to make conduct operations actually prevents crime? Wow
Those cops are master baiters
Instead of having it sit out in the open by your front door…get it delivered to your local post office…i have never had a package stolen from my post office
Such dirty pig’s that need put in there place…. SMH… I swear these type of people are pieces of crap… JS