A fitting and creative (albeit elaborate) solution to a vexing societal problem that defies traditional remedies.
It's true--law enforcement is so busy dealing with domestic dispute situations and constant drug overdoses that they no longer have the time and personnel resources to deal with what is referred to as basic "takers v. makers" crime. Your police report will be the end of it, period. It's as frustrating to law enforcement as it is to you, but it is the inevitable result of your local police being converted into yet another social agency.
Fortunately, small scale larceny can be deterred, be it by delightful glitter bombs or--in our neck of the woods--being marched off the porch, backwards, hands on your head, with a red dot on your forehead while involuntarily wetting your pants. Happened recently. Makes a lasting impression and word gets around real fast that this particular neighborhood is not, repeat not, a good place to go porch picking.