[HO HO HO] Holiday Season Is Almost Here Quickest Ways To Protect Your Deliveries From Porch Pirates | VIDEO

[LOCAL3|VIDEO] Even if you haven't had a package stolen, the odds are good that someone in your small circle of friends has had a delivery snatched from their doorstep.

Some 49 million Americans say they've had at least one delivery stolen in the last year.

It's a crime of opportunity that can happen fast.

Police report the bad guys are known to follow delivery trucks through neighborhoods and when they see a driver dropping something off at a residence, they'll run to the porch, steal the item, and make off as fast as they drove there.

But it's a crime you can help prevent. [FULLSTORY]

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