Pro tips to keep your deliveries safe from porch pirates. [Video]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — It’s the busiest time of the year for shipping companies, and there’s a good chance some of those packages are heading for your doorstep. What can you do to make sure they actually get to you?

“A lot of people are doing a lot of online shopping, having a lot of things delivered,” said Sgt. Chris Jackson, Public Information Officer with Huntsville Police Department.” There’s videos online of less than 15 seconds, that package got dropped off and then it was gone.”

While it may be frustrating for the customer, it’s equally frustrating for law enforcement. 

“These individuals that are jumping from a porch; they’re unemployed, they don’t want to work they have no aspirations of doing anything but taking from the people who are working, who do work hard,” said Brent Patterson, …