> Ultimately, Parker’s bigger contribution to stopping nut theft had little to do with police work: in the wake of the Crain theft, he began training Tehama County nut processors in basic security precautions, and there have been no fictitious pickups there since 2013, despite increased problems elsewhere in the state.<p>The big takeaway. Make yourself a little harder to steal from, and nobody will bother, because everyone else is still terrible.