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Amid crime surge, USPS law enforcement relying on ‘outdated’ data to justify staffing

The number of serious postal crimes — including burglaries, robberies, assaults, and homicides — increased almost every fiscal year between 2017 and 2023.

Agency Oversight

(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

USPS, union warn courts not serious on postal crime after 30-day sentence for letter carrier robbery

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USPS law enforcement makes 600-plus arrests amid ‘sustained crime wave,’ seeks more hires

Hiring/Retention

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FILE - In this July 31, 2020, file photo, letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility in McLean, Va. A U.S. judge on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide. The judge called them

USPS stepping up plans to curb uptick in mail theft, letter carrier robberies

Workforce

This image obtained Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, and provided by ABC News shows a package addressed to former CIA head John Brennan and an explosive device that was sent to CNN's New York office. The mail-bomb scare widened Thursday as law enforcement officials seized more suspicious packages. (ABC News via AP)

PHOTOS: Amid mail bomb threat, Postal Service employees served as ‘eyes and ears’ of law enforcement

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