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

The National Association of Letter Carriers is championing bipartisan legislation aimed at imposing more severe penalties on postal crimes.

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)A mailbox is seen in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

USPS law enforcement staffing issues pose challenge for mail theft cases, IG finds

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Postal Inspection Service outlines steps to address ‘alarming’ rise in letter carrier robberies

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(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

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Law enforcement or ‘security guards?’ USPS spars with union over postal police role

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FILE - A worker carries a large parcel at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility Nov. 18, 2021, in Boston. Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation that approached House approval Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

USPS tightens online security after fraudsters steal employees’ paychecks

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FILE - A USPS logo adorns the back doors of United States Postal Service delivery vehicles as they proceed westbound along 20th Street from Stout Street and the main post office in downtown Denver, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. USPS plans to substantially increase the number of electric-powered vehicles it’s buying to replace its fleet of aging delivery trucks, officials said Wednesday, July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

USPS ready to implement ‘extraordinary measures’ delivering ballots for 2022 midterm elections

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USPS delivers 100M mail-in ballots, authorizes ‘extraordinary measures’ to local management

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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

National security leadership thanked postal employees and their partners in the Postal Inspection Service on Friday for work that led to the arrest of…

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This Oct. 24, 2016, photo shows dollar bills in New York. Fraudsters are increasingly picking up the phone and trying to steal your money by pretending to be a government worker or a family member in trouble. In 2016, impostor scams overtook identity theft to become the second-most reported fraud, according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

VA, Postal Inspection Service spot 2 scams targeting veterans

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Veterans Affairs Department and AARP are teaming up to warn veterans of possible scams and fraudulent schemes.

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