Canadian Chat → "Secure" Canada Post community mailboxes breached

People give a shit IamGimli because the changes will occur in urban areas, areas that have higher income and will be better targets for druggies.

rofl do you actually believe that BS? You think that the 70% of households in this country already on community boxes represent lower income housing? Get the F outta here! lol

With a very few select exceptions older neighbourhoods aren't generally where the well-to-do go to buy property.

Plenty of urban areas already have community mailboxes, and have for decades.

See, us open-minded types (refer to one of your old posts) generally live in the city.

Ever actually been there? The gentrified city-folk of Brandon not as open-minded as the multicultural folk who live in my particular suburb of Toronto.

bank accounts can be opened without a credit check just as an FYI.

I think you're a little but paranoid for no logical reason.

Personally, I subscribe to credit reporting so that's my peace of mind...and I sleep quite well.

People will break into stuff...it's a matter of motive, opportunity and means...

The open-minded label was created by someone else and I believe references people in the gay community.

Nonetheless, why pooh-pooh the community mailbox theft issue? You think it's easy for someone to recover from identity theft?

I think my fav in the mailbox discussions is this, the right-wing crowd always responds in the same manner, "Tough shit, we've been dealing with it." Well, here's a new concept get Canada Post to fix the damn issues with these supposed anecdotal thefts.

And that the assertion that these boxes are "secure" is laughable.
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My simple point was that it's another government assertion that does not hold up. No more, no less.

Agree with this. If people want something they'll get it. Where I disagree is I believe the community mailboxes make for a more attractive target than someone's front door.

Certainly a lot harder then the unlocked mailboxes that many with home delivery have. If you were to take a crowbar to the one on my street, or spend any time at all, and I think a curious neighbour would be alert enough to call the police.

Mail is dying. There's no use denying that. I think it should be privatized. Whatever mail you would then get is whatever you contracted to get, at whatever cost.

We need to get out of, as a Country, the bulk wood-pulp delivery business. It's a bad business to be in with the current model.

Postage mail is going to be around for a while, maybe not the same volume, but it ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

How many community mainboxes are broken into that we don't know about, perhaps a shitload. Need a study for that?

CMB's break in's are not wide spread because they aren't in large and dense urban areas yet.

Availability of blanks, by rights the local big box store should not have access to blanks of that key type. Also an honest locksmith will not copy keys which have been marked with "dnd" or "do not duplicate".

I'm not an experienced thief, but it doesn't look that easy to get into without the right key. Certainly a lot harder then the unlocked mailboxes that many with home delivery have. If you were to take a crowbar to the one on my street, or spend any time at all, and I think a curious neighbour would be alert enough to call the police.

Another classic case of "I don't have it, so you should't either"

Another classic case of "I don't have it, so you should't either"

But no, I am NOT just going to blindly assume it to be a huge problem because of a single story from Manitoba. That would be stupid.

Metro Vancouver has been named the mail theft capital of Canada, with over 250 break-ins in just the suburb of Langley....

Community mailboxes in rural areas a target for thieves....As urban neighbourhoods prepare for the transition from doorstep mail delivery to community mailboxes, rural residents are already wrestling with a growing problem — smash-and-grab mail theft.

Theft from community mailboxes is increasing and there may not be a solution for it any time soon....

Mailbox thieves are so determined, though, that sometimes the best locks in the world won’t stop them — last month they dragged away two entire community mailboxes in Surrey. Those boxes were newer, more secure models.

Man pleads guilty in case involving dozens of Okanagan mailbox thefts

In handing down the sentence, the judge noted Minchau has a previous criminal record. “It is clear that he has engaged in a pattern of crime,” said Meg Shaw.

The 31-year-old man used screwdrivers to pry open community mailboxes in Osoyoos, Keremeos and Oliver.

Community mailbox bandit targets tri-area

A string of community mailbox thefts over the past two weeks in Spruce Grove and Stony Plain has prompted RCMP to issue a warning and a suggestion to residents to keep a wary eye out for unusual behaviour.

Cpl. Colette Zazulak said mailbox break-ins usually involve suspects looking for cheques and other lucrative items that come in the mail, but indicated that security is difficult when it comes to the mail system.

“It’s tough because for those mailboxes, you’re just given the key,” she said. “The only thing (you could do) would be to note any suspicious activity around the mailboxes, or if anyone seems to be there for too long.”

Vernon RCMP Arrest Mail Theft Suspect

Vernon RCMP has arrested a suspect in connection to recent community mailbox thefts in the North Okanagan.

Police say on Sunday May 4th they responded to reports that five community boxes had been broken into in the Lavington and Lumby area. A short while later a man and woman attempted to cash a cheque related to the thefts at a Vernon Money Mart. The police were called and ended up chasing after the couple.

But no, I am NOT just going to blindly assume it to be a huge problem because of a single story from Manitoba. That would be stupid.