People are being urged to take extra care when having parcels delivered in the run-up to Christmas after one was stolen from outside a property in Lichfield.
It was taken from outside an address on Trafalgar Way.
PCSO Rosemary Sawyers, from Staffordshire Police, said:
“Please be extra cautious with Christmas coming to ensure your parcels will be delivered to a safe place, whether with a neighbour if you aren’t going to be home or out of sight over a side gate for example.
“If you capture any CCTV footage of any suspicious behaviour please contact us on 101.”
Rosie Sawyer, Staffordshire Police
Stupid advice which wrongly puts the blame for such theft on the people ordering parcels. It’s the delivery companies who need to take more care, not the people ordering parcels. If a delivery company leaves a parcel sat in a doorstop and stolen the delivery company is to blame, not the householder. It might help matters if delivery companies didn’t pay their drivers so little and put them under such pressure that they dump parcels on doorsteps because doing anything else directly impact their earnings.
(Ideally of course we would live in a society where parcels could be left in doorsteps without risk of theft)
Hear, hear, Horris.
I can’t honestly recall the last time I saw a uniformed officer in Lichfield. No presence , no deterrence.
@trevor : I saw two officers at wall island McDonald’s last week must be a high crime area
I don’t blame the delivery drivers, I blame the scummy people who take the parcels. Had one taken from mine right in front of our CCTV. Submitted the clear images of his face to the police already.
Seen him round before so hopefully the police get him soon.