I have a locked mail box at the street. I find it very, very distressing when I find some of my mail is left sticking out of the mail box so that anyone can pull those pieces of mail out. Once, even my meds were sticking out of the box. Our best mail carrier used to bring the medicines to the door. I have complained at least 4 times about this problem of having mail sticking out from the mail box , but it is still happens from time to time. I feel it should not happen at all. I have had mail stolen from my regular mail box before. I bought and installed the locked mail box to prevent any more stealing mail from my mail box. Unless the locked box is used right, mail can still be stolen from the box.