Inside the fight to stop city centre blocks being raided for parcels 'within minutes' of delivery
A wave of parcel burglaries is being reported from city centre apartment blocks — prompting residents, councillors, and the police to call on buildings to beef up their security measures.
What most of the incidents have in common is that parcels can be left in easily-accessible communal areas, like a stairwell, and ‘opportunistic thieves’ can tailgate a resident or force a door open to take off with their cardboard bounty. People living in other buildings, which either have a secure post room, concierge, or locker system say the issue is not as prevalent.
Chris also volunteers for the city centre Liberal Democrat group, and works closely with Coun Alan Good. She added that Coun Good was pressing building managers to take action: “We put pressure on them to fix the door. If you want to tackle the root cause it’s very complicated. Looking at it on a building-by-building basis, we are working with them. GMP says it is not just one gang.”
Coun Robinson said that the problem also comes down to a ‘workers rights issue’. She added: “It also leads to a labour issue in that delivery drivers are not paid enough to ensure they are dropped off properly. We need a more robust strategy in terms of how delivery drivers are properly delivering and paid. It’s an opportunistic theft issue but it’s also a workers' rights issue.”
And the police believe more measures like this are necessary, the MEN understands. Until those issues are remedied, however, Sergeant Alex Vernon, from GMP’s City of Manchester division, has pledged to deliver an 'outstanding service' to residents - including thorough investigations of the burglaries. He said: “We’re aware of a number of reports of stolen parcels, particularly from city centre apartment blocks.
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