California

He is supposed to "deliver" the package. He was taking a shortcut to save himself time and effort. Tossing the package over a fence could have resulted in damage to the contents or damage to the owners property. (sprinkler heads, vegetation etc.) In this case it killed a pet. The guy should be fired and UPS should be sued. I had a postal worker do the same thing. Tossed a package over our fence into a wet area on the lawn. The package was soaked after sitting there for a while. I called the postmaster for my area and complained. I doubt my call was the one that did it but that guy was gone a few weeks later. Theft prevention has nothing to do with it.