Lakeville Police Officer Rob Schiffer was caught on camera delivering an unattended Amazon package to the intended recipient’s home on Wednesday, Dec. 8. (Photo courtesy Lakeville Police Department)
To view footage of Officer Schiffer delivering the unattended package, click here.
LAKEVILLE — Chief Matthew Perkins is pleased to share that two Lakeville Police officers went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that unattended packages were safely delivered to community members’ homes yesterday.
On Wednesday, Dec. 8 at approximately 8 a.m., Lakeville Police received a report from a resident on Blueberry Drive who had located several abandoned packages in the roadway near their home.
Lakeville Police Officer Rob Schiffer responded to the area and found approximately 10 unattended Amazon packages that did not appear to be tampered with, all with Lakeville delivery addresses, abandoned in the road. After a brief search of the area, Officer Schiffer could not locate a delivery vehicle.
To ensure that the recipients received their deliveries, Officer Schiffer and Officer Weston Fazzino took it upon themselves to deliver the packages to the intended recipients throughout town in between calls for service.
“While package delivery isn’t our specialty, we wanted to ensure that the people in our community who were expecting these items received them without a significant delay,” Officer Schiffer said.
While delivering the packages to their intended recipients, a North Lakeville resident’s doorbell camera captured Officer Schiffer delivering a package safely to their address.
Together, Officers Schiffer and Fazzino delivered all of the unattended packages during their shift, ensuring that every package found was successfully delivered to those expecting their items.
“Officers Schiffer and Fazzino truly exemplified what it means to serve their community yesterday when they went out of their way to ensure that the packages were rightfully delivered to their intended recipients,” Chief Perkins said. “Their actions are a true testament to their characters and I commend them both for continuing to represent the Lakeville Police Department in such a thoughtful way.”
The Lakeville Police Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the abandoned packages but does not believe that the incident is suspicious at this time.
The Lakeville Police Department wishes to share the following tips from the National Neighborhood Watch to help ensure that packages are properly delivered:
- Consider getting a P.O. box at your local post office or having packages delivered to your office
- Set up notifications to track your packages
- Install a security camera in the area(s) outside your home where packages may be delivered
- Require a signature upon delivery to ensure packages never are left unattended
- Reschedule delivery or ask for a package hold when on vacation
- Research potential home security technology and locking device options to protect and monitor packages
- Ask your neighbors to grab your packages for safekeeping until you return home
- If you find your package has been stolen, immediately report it to police
- Sign up for the USPS “Informed Delivery” service, where you can get a daily email with a picture/scan of the mail you will receive that day. To sign up, click here.
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