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Often left on people's doorsteps making them easy targets for thieves. >> yes, but police are working hard now to try to stop that problem. cnn digital correspondent has details for us. >> victor, renee, it's happening all over the country. package thieves are snatching away people's holiday gifts. so the days leading up to christmas, i spent time with one police department that's using a clever tactic to try and stop the grinch. >> as you can see he's thinking about it and he walks right up to the front there and then goes ahead and takes the package. >> it's something that's happening all ac...

All right, welcome back to the "newsroom," this weekend, delivery trucks scrambling to get packages to destinations in time for christmas. that's a fact not lost on the thieves who are also hoping to get their hands on your presents before you do. cnn's dan lieberman is here with more information on the problem of holiday thefts. the porch pirates. >> that's right, it's good to see you. it's happening all over the country. package thieves are snatching away people's holiday gifts. in the days leading up to christmas, i spent time with one police department that's using a clever tactic to try a...

Any package thieves while we were with them, but said if you have a package stolen, file a police report. back to you guys. >> dan, we saw some cameras there. are those proven to help at all? >> yeah, they are. police are actually using them. people are sending in the video files, and they've been able to make identifications from these home surveillance cameras, so it is making a difference, but, obviously, it's pretty hard to catch when there are so many package thieves out there. >> yeah, i'd imagine that. dan lieberman for us, thanks so much. >> you got it, happy holidays. new reaction f...

Individual stole a package is really -- it's heart breaking. >> reporter: now, the package thieves, we didn't see the police catch any of them when we were at the police department. but we did reach out to the biggest shippers out there, and they said if you think you have a stolen package, contact them and file a police report. >> what it amazes me is just the variety of thief. you see a grandmother. it looks to be a grandmother, this woman. you're seeing young women, young men. a whole variety there. what happens when they're caught? >> a lot of these are kids, too. the penalty is not really...

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