These thieves got glitter on them!
Is this best we can hope for? Glittery vigilante vengeance?
Makes me sad for humanity.
Is this best we can hope for? Glittery vigilante vengeance?
Makes me sad for humanity.
Rober even calls out that he attempted to report his porch pirate (with clear video) to the police, but they didn't take action.
Now, I'd love to see the US Postal Inspection Service take up this mantel by using their authority to take legal/criminal action against these porch pirates using bait packages like Rober uses. Seems quite similar to that of police running a sting with a bait car.
Whether they will investigate at all, especially these days, is a separate question. There's been a lot of recent turmoil at the USPS.
And yeah, with the current state of USPS right now, the likelihood of them doing something like that is practically zero. But I can still dream!
Now, though letters matter less, parcels are increasingly important, especially given the pandemic. So you'd think they'd be interested in parcel theft.
That's my major concern with the attempt to privatize the postal service. Right now, parcels through USPS are protected federally, but I don't think that extends to private couriers like UPS/FedEx/Amazon. These private couriers are also unable to use your mailbox/parcel lockers (which does make sense since these individuals aren't vetted like postal employees are).
Removing protections from parcels by privatizing all mail is rather chilling, as I strongly doubt we'll get similar legal protections.
I hate laws intended to try to scare other people into compliance. They seem to almost universally fail, and in the process destroy people's lives. What kind of a penalty are we going to leverage to scare porch pirates? What's the highest penalty you feel is reasonable for a single instance of theft? I think the reality is going to be a revolving door in and out of jail for short sentences.
Of course, better yet would be to reduce the incentive people have to steal these.