Police offer tips to curb package thefts
Police are offering tips to prevent packages from being stolen from people's front porches.
Police are offering tips to prevent packages from being stolen from people's front porches.
Palo Alto Police are offering tips to prevent packages from being stolen from people’s front porches.
Police said in a statement:
“This is a crime that occurs in virtually every community in our country. … Packages that are left unattended make for easy targets for criminals.”
Police said package thefts commonly occur during normal working hours, when many people are not at home. To avoid becoming a victim, police offered the following tips:
Police also encouraged residents to sign up for the web service, www.nextdoor.com, a free, private social network that is based on neighborhoods. Palo Alto police said they use Nextdoor as one way to provide crime prevention information to the community.
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