porch pirate

As consumers are preparing to make their purchases, scammers and porch pirates are at the ready to exploit this holiday shopping event.

If you can block the visibility of your front door by parking your car in the driveway, that might help keep porch pirates at bay, Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department said.

But there’s not a lot of data from published studies that suggest doorbell cameras deter porch pirates.

Police had been trying to locate a so-called bait package, a tracking device the department provides to members of the community to catch “porch pirates” in the act of theft, according to Lt.

She is also looking at online options, but worries about theft from “porch pirates,” and also knows she’ll miss having an actual human to interact with.