Today (5 Jan 2019) I received an alert on my RING app that a young blond woman had approached a home, quickly searched under the doormat then ran away. The home owner speculated that she was searching for keys to the home. If you MUST secrete house keys, please pick somewhere other than under the doormat, flower pot, etc. right near the door.  One thing I did notice was that the homeowner who posted the clip was relying on only the RING video to provide video of people approaching their front door. The video was clear. Unfortunately the RING was situated so that the motion detection triggered too late to show the face of the woman.  It would have been nice if another video camera was positioned so that it would detect motion and record when the woman approached the home and her face was visible.

Also just plain Porch Pirates are getting more active of late. The problem is that police forces frequently do not follow up on complaints because of lack of manpower, lack of evidence, etc .  Therefore the Porch Pirates get a free pass.  One recent report states that at least 23 MILLION Americans have become the victims of these unscrupulous scum. I searched the web for Porch Pirated GPS and found this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/porch-pirates-police-use-bait-packages-gps-to-catch-thieves/ I hope our local police do something like this.