Perhaps, alter their schedule to ensure the train never stops in certain areas so there is no chance to hop on and open the locks?
It’s seemed to be designed to artificially lower the crime and incarceration stats.
The train company actually runs it’s own police force. So it can arrest these people. Then they turn them over to the local authorities, which often doesn’t even book them. Some just pay a nominal fine like they might for speeding.
Also, just plain improvement of physical security may work, like electric fences and better locks.
Or, partner with Mark Rober to create a giant train-car-sized glitter bomb that will douse thieves in glitter and fart spray when entered.
Waste their time, stink up their homes and cars with fart spray, stick glitter on everything, and put the entirety of it on YouTube for ad revenue to pay for it all. Seems like a real win for society in absence of competent government.
How do truck shippers protect their wares? 1 driver per truck with eyes on the load all the way through. If they have to take a nap, it's in the truck...
How do valuables travel? In armored cars with armed personnel.
The train company isn't entitled to its business model of very long trains with loose security.
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Possibly something like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVQTt4CgNZs
Something like this might slow it down some https://m.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200315235_2003... but still, an angle grinder is pretty effective.
If the thieves are back on the street, you're still on guard, what difference does that make? It's not like the guards should expect to go on vacation because they arrested a thief.
If they're taking on the responsibility, they must pass the security costs on and do the job properly.
We're talking about one of the most mature industries in the nation, having longstanding established legal exceptions to empower their success and stability. The violin appropriate here is so small I seem to have lost it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/us/complaints-rise-agains...
The vast vast vast majority of the US runs on trust, and lack of crime. If every single business had to protect itself from any possible crime the entire country would grind to a halt.
There are countries like that in the world, and parts of the US. There are derogatory names applied to such places.
I do not wish a world where the only solution is "taking the necessary measures to protect cargo; they're wallowing in the hope that this is an aberration because any other approach will cost money." I wish a world where the rule of law makes such measures unnecessary.
That world is gone; only its vestiges remain and they're fading fast. This "rule of law" you cling to is considered a harm; one of a long list of inequities our Powers That Be are directing all of their effort -- literally every decision or indecision they take -- toward correcting. This is what their virtue demands.
This might simply be the most cost-effective approach for now. Insure the cargo against theft to protect their customers, and call it a day. They can work on having better security that takes the "problem" into account while minimizing costs, but this would take some time to implement.