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Protect Incoming Mail and Packages:
We wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday season.
Package Theft Prevention Tips to Help Keep Your Holiday Deliveries Safe!
We are embarking upon the busiest time of the year for mail deliveries. Below are some tips to help keep your deliveries safe.
Protect Outgoing Mail and Packages:
- Do not leave outgoing mail with checks or money orders in your personal mailbox for pick up by the mail carrier. Take your mail to a postal collection box or to a post office.
- Do not leave packages on your front porch for pick up by private carriers.
- If you are sending a package, let the recipient know that it is coming and when to expect it to arrive so they can make arrangements for pick up.
- Insure packages you are sending for the replacement cost of the items shipped.
- Request a signature delivery option if available, or request the shipment be held at the shipping facility.
Protect Incoming Mail and Packages:
- Promptly retrieve your mail – try to pick up mail from your mailbox as soon as possible after delivery, especially if you are expecting to receive a check or merchandise.
- Replace your mailbox with one that has a locking device.
- U.S. Postal Service can hold your mail if you’ll be traveling during the holidays. More information at: https://www.usps.com/manage/hold-mail.htm.
- Consider using your workplace as the shipping address or ship to a location where someone is always home.
- Track your shipments by phone or online so that you know what day they should arrive.
- If you can’t pick up your mail or have a package scheduled for delivery, ask a trusted friend or neighbor to pick it up for you.
- Keep an eye on your neighborhood and report suspicious persons and vehicles sitting or cruising the area.
- Check with “mailbox” businesses in Fremont and see if they will accept shipment of your item for a fee.
- Use locker pick-up services. Some online retailers offer a locker service. Packages are delivered to a location where lockers have been securely installed and you are given a code to retrieve it.
- If you do not receive your shipment on time, check with the company of origin and confirm the delivery.
- If your item was delivered and you did not receive it, then report the theft or loss to the sender, the shipping company, and the Fremont Police Department.
- To report an-in progress crime, dial 9-1-1.
- To report a package theft when you have suspect information (including a photo or video surveillance), please call 790-6800 X 3.
- To report a theft where unfortunately there is no suspect information or evidence, please utilize our on-line system to file your report at https://www.fremontpolice.gov/PoliceReport.
We wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday season.
Address/Location
Fremont Police Department (CA)
2000 Stevenson Blvd
Fremont, CA 94538
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 510-790-6800
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