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Richard Crowley:

--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 19, 2018, 02:50:14 am ---If legal to own but not to operate, how about a FM jammer that activates when the package is stolen? The thief won't know until the FCC goes after him.
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If only.  The FCC is spread so thin, it would take years of complaints to go after a broadcast-band jammer.

I have had many packages disappear from my porch.  It encourages me to buy from Amazon so that I can have the packages delivered to a secure Amazon locker.  There is now one within walking distance of my house.

I propose to put up a camera on the porch to view people coming to the door.  I will monitor it online from my office.  If it is someone delivering a package, fine and dandy.  But if it is someone coming to the door without a package, I will remotely trigger an extremely loud siren and flashing red strobe lights.  I don't think there would be any legal repercussions, and it would at least put the fear into them.
David Hess:

--- Quote from: texaspyro on December 19, 2018, 12:49:40 am ---Oh, and mail theft (and just about everything else) is a federal crime in the US with like a 10 year all expenses paid vacation in Club Fed.  At one time the mail inspectors were rather relentless in their pursuits...  now, I think that they (like most policey places these days) aren't even phoning it in...  unless you commit that most heinous of crimes... downloading a video.
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But Fedex and UPS are private delivery services.  They are not even allowed to use a mailbox.
radioactive:

--- Quote from: texaspyro on December 19, 2018, 01:10:43 am ---It's so common in a lot of places that even if you killed somebody, they would have a tough time finding a jury willing to convict.

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Don't get me wrong.  I wouldn't vote guilty if I was on one of those juries as long as the person was proven guilty... just need a video for that.  I guess I live in a really good neighborhood.  My neighbors regularly target practice out back, so that might be one factor that keeps would-be thieves at bay.  I was just trying to make the point that sometimes revenge plans backfire.
james_s:

--- Quote from: texaspyro on December 19, 2018, 02:39:02 am ---It doesn't have to be something of value.  One guy boxed up all his dog poop and left it out to get stolen...  what does doberman doo bring and the pawn shop these days?

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Well if the box was labeled "Dog Poop" or had a window so you could see inside, I think it's highly unlikely for it to get stolen. Perhaps I should restate and say leaving something *potentially* valuable in plain sight makes it very likely to be stolen.
coppercone2:
I don't know how it ties in legally but in the spirit of the constitution this would seem to be related to 8th amendment issues in the USA.
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