If you live in the Los Angeles area and haven’t received a package you ordered from Amazon or some other on-line source, we may now have reason: brazen thieves opening intermodal containers as freight trains slow down as they approach LA depots.
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| Union Pacific also said “We have increased the number of Union Pacific special agents on patrol, and we have utilized and explored additional technologies to help us combat this criminal activity,” |
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CBA LA ran a video story last week showing a long stretch of train track covered with debris from shipping boxes and goods the thieves apparently had no interest in after the opened the parcels – that included unused COVID tests, fishing lures and epi pens that were seen scattered across the ground.
That stretch of train is in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, used by rail carrier Union Pacific. We know the mess is fresh because Union Pacific had that track area cleaned just one month previous, and in a short time since the tracks have become a major mess, as seen in the frame capture below from the CBS affiliate that produced the piece last week.
Thefts occur when the trains are either stopped or slowing down as they approach the Union Pacific Intermodal facility in downtown LA. From there the parcels are moved to trucks and ultimately last mile delivery.
Thieves will often use bolt cutters to break the locks and gain access to the containers.
Reports of thieves on the tracks have become frequent in the last month, with people also seen digging through the debris searching for items of value, especially items that can be easily sold, usually for pennies on the dollar.
Union Pacific says it is taking matters into its own hands in an attempt to reduce the cargo thefts.
Source: CBS LA
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“Union Pacific is very concerned about the increased cargo thefts in California, and we have taken several steps to address this criminal activity,” the rail carrier said in a statement last week.
“These rail crimes pose a serious safety threat to the public, our employees and local law enforcement officers,” the statement added.
Union Pacific also said “We have increased the number of Union Pacific special agents on patrol, and we have utilized and explored additional technologies to help us combat this criminal activity,” adding finally that 'We also will continue to work with our local law enforcement partners and elected leaders.”
The scene was the same in November, when NBC Los Angeles had a similar video story that showed thousands of boxes discarded along the tracks lined with homeless encampments in the same Lincoln Park area.
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