New Westminster BC Police Baiting ‘Porch Pirates’ With Packages

New Westminster BC Police Baiting ‘Porch Pirates’ With Packages
An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages in New York City on June 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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The New Westminster police department in B.C. has a new plan to catch porch pirates stealing Christmas presents and packages from people’s front doors, and plans to continue the program year round, even after the holidays.

On Dec. 13, the police said that beginning in December, the Street Crime Unit, Crime Reduction Unit, and front line patrol officers would be putting “bait packages” on doorsteps and in mailboxes across the city.