TH YOU GET SPICEY WHEN YOU'RE
EXPECTING. >> CAN SNIFF OUT A PHONY.
>>> LET'S TURN TO "ROSSEN REPORT."
THIS MORNING, SO-CALLED PORCH PIRATES BUSTED RED-HANDED.
CROOKS STEALING PACKAGES. >> NOW, THERE'S A WAY TO CATCH
THEM. JEFF ROSSEN TRIED IT OUT.
HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT CAN HELP US.
>> YOU HAVE A FIVE ITEM A DAY HABIT, RIGHT?
THIS IS A PROTENL VICTIM. WE LIKE ONLINE SHOPPING.
PACKAGES SENT TO YOUR DOORSTEP. OFTEN, THEY ARE BROUGHT TO YOUR
HOME WHILE YOU ARE AT WORK. SNATCHING UP THE PACKAGES OFF
YOUR PORCH BEFORE YOU GET HOME. 23 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE HAD
ONE PACKAGE STOLEN FROM THEIR HOME.
NOW, SOME POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE USING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO BEAT THE
PORCH PIRATES AT THEIR OWN GAME.
BRAZEN THIEVES WALKING UP TO FRONT DOORS, GRABBING BOXES.
THESE SUSPECTS, EVEN TAG-TEAMING.
NOW, TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS.
YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING COOL TO CATCH THE CROOKS.
>> WE ARE. WE ARE PUTTING BAIT PACKAGES OUT
THERE. >> Reporter: TRYING TO LURE THEM
IN THIS. >> WE ARE.
>> Reporter: THIS LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR PIECE OF MAIL.
BUT THIS IS AN iPAD. >> THIS HAS A TRACKER.
>> Reporter: WE'RE GOING TO DO A DEMONSTRATION.
I'M GOING TO STEAL ONE OF THESE PACKAGES.
AND I HAVEN'T TOLD YOU WHERE I'M GOING.
>> YOU HAVE NO CLUE I'M GOING TO DRIVE?
>> I HAVE NO CLUE. BUT I'M CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO
FIND YOU. >> Reporter: I ARRIVE AT THE
WHITE HOUSE WHERE THE POLICE HAVE PLANTED THE PACKAGE.
OFF WE GO. OKAY.
I HAVE IT. WE'RE OFF.
AND REMEMBER, THE COPS HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I'M GOING.
JUST LIKE A REGULAR BAD GUY. I WOULD BE TRYING TO GET AWAY.
BUT THE MOMENT THE PACKAGE MOVES, THE POLICE GET AN ALERT.
AND LITTLE DO I KNOWER THEY'RE COMING FOR ME.
THEY'RE WATCHING ME IN REAL-TIME ON THAT GPS TRACKER.
>> PACKAGE CONTINUING. >> Reporter: LET'S GET ON THE
HIGHWAY, SHALL WE? >> SECONDS LATER --
>> APPEARS TO BE GETTING ON SOUTHBOUND 17.
>> FROM THE GPS, YOU CAN SEE IT GOING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 17.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY.
>> THEY'RE ON TO ME, BUT BACK IN MY CAR, I HAVE NO CLUE.
I WOULD BE THINKING I GOT AWAY WITH IT.
I MAKE A COUPLE OF TURNS. MAKING A RIGHT-HAND TURN HERE.
MAKING A LEFT. >> I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO
THROW THEM OFF. LET'S GET OUT AND SEE.
>> WE CAN SEE THE DEVICE IS STATIONARY AT THE PARK.
WE SHOULD SEE HIM SHORTLY. >> Reporter: MOMENTS LATER.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE. THEY FOUND US.
BUSTED. SO BUSTED.
>> WE FOUND YOU. >> Reporter: YOU WERE ABLE TO
FOLLOW ME ON THE GPS TRACKER. IF I WERE A REAL THIEF --
>> YOU WOULD BE IN HANDCUFFS. >> THE POINT IS TO KEEP PEOPLE
FROM DOING IT AGAIN. >> I WANT TO KEEP THE iPAD.
>> NOT TODAY. >> HAD>> HAD TO TRY.
OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE STARTING TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY,
AS WELL. THEY WANT THIEVES TO KNOW THEY
ARE DEPLOYING BAIT BOXES. SEE IF YOU CAN GET PACKAGES
DELIVERED TO YOUR WORKPLACE. ASK YOUR BOSS.
OR SET UP DELIVERY FOR WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE HOME.
>> NOAH, DO YOU THINK I CAN HAVE MY