A sure fire solution

Oh, but you might offend the criminals if you lock them up. I agree with you, but certain political groups vehemently disagree with us. I hope common sense makes a comeback, don’t you?

If no one steals the packages that Amazon sends to you, that is the best way to solve the problem.

Soon the groceries will be locked up as well.

I agree with you here. If we have to build more prisons, so be it. And those prisons should not be hi-lux places.

I guess the jails don't have room for all the looters and shop-lifters. Maybe just drop them on a deserted island somewhere - with their stolen goods.

Ah, but your Amazon delivery truck might be the target of some alternative shopping.

Gotta catch them first! The sad thing is if things are locked up you will have to pay more to purchase. I think Walmart needs to put more theft deterrents in place though..bit not locking up socks and underwear for heaven's sake.

Out here it's Walmart and Target. It's not even necessarily high priced items that are in the case and sometimes it is maddening to find someone to get these cases open. Seriously, there needs to be tougher consequences and enforcement of the laws. It is nuts how people think they can get away with everything . . . but sadly these days they ARE getting away with it.

I noticed that there are no security guards on those malls / supermarkets. And they fired any employee who tries to stop them.

I agree with you completely. But you have a state who is governed by a moron who believes people shouldn't be prosecuted for anything stolen from $950 and under. He signed it into law. So, the law now is stealing is fine as long as you don't take $951 worth of stuff. I'm sorry, you should be prosecuted for stealing period. No wonder stores out there are closing by the dozens. What idiots.

That's what the police don't understand in any country. If they punished the criminals theft and loot would have stopped.

This is what happens when you have soft DA's who release criminals without bail or charges. Another reason to vote all these liberals out of office. If there are no consequences to one's actions, why would they stop. And I don't blame the stores for doing this, they are in business to make a profit not give their items away for free.

You know, you said it PERFECTLY. To me this is just common sense. Make it so that the CRIMINALS are punished. Not everyone else. I think we are long past "let the time fit the crime." Let the TIME be such that it DETERS the crime. Increase prosecutions for theft, force restitution and make restitution such that it is MORE than the cost of the theft, and for Heaven's sake, make sure we have prosecutors doing their JOBS and putting people away for doing things that affect all of our lives in such a negative way. The ONLY reason this stuff happens is because there's virtually no consequence if you do this.

Yeah that would be the RIGHT way of making the stealing stop, BUT we have a bozo as a pres & could care less how bad he has made things for every 1.

A friend of mind went to the Walmart here and called for help to get something in the lock up here. He waited for 45 minutes and when someone came. She did not have a key. Than after she went to get the key he waited ten more minutes and left to go some where else to get the item.

I agree. Have a good weekend.

I agree with you. This is a good idea.

We have a problem here in the UK with shoplifters. Some shops put empty boxes on shelves and keep the product hidden at the back of the shop. This means that if a thief comes along they will only be stealing an empty box.

I've never been the victim of a porch pirate. I do know people who have, though. Many places I shop, have what I would call plexiglass flaps covering small items. These aren't locked up, but they make noise. You can see what's behind the flap. When you lift the handle on the flap to get your item (usually OTC meds, small personal items, etc.) the flap LOUDLY plays music or even sings a song. It's very startling. I realize it is there for a reason, as these small items are no doubt often stolen. Even though a person knows when they lift the flap there will be music, it's still somewhat of a surprise when you do it. I noticed the other day that Dollar General not far from my house has all of their body sprays/deodorants/toothpastes, etc. behind the counter, locked up in see-thru cases. How sad is it that people would steal deodorant and toothpaste? We live in a strange world.