![]() The Postal Service is not the intended target but implicated as the fraudster intercepts financially oriented mail, credit cards or checks. The majority of COA frauds are driven by an identity theft motive separate from the Postal Service. Preventing Change of Address Fraud –The Postal Service processed more than 33 million change of address (COA) transactions in FY22. ![]() The Postal Service and the Postal Inspection Service are also increasing Arrow Key accountability reviews in select high Postal crime areas. New locks have been installed in select cities with installation to occur in additional major metropolitan areas soon. To make Arrow Keys less valuable for criminals, the Postal Service will replace 49,000 antiquated arrow locks with electronic locks. Criminals use Arrow and MAL keys to steal mail from secure mail receptacles to commit financial crimes, including altering checks to commit check fraud. There has been an increase in letter carrier robberies nationwide where criminals are targeting letter carriers for their Arrow and Modified Arrow Lock (MAL) Keys. The Postal Service will continue to evaluate replacing additional existing blue collection boxes with these enhanced boxes.Ĥ9,000 Electronic Locks to Replace Antiquated Arrow Locks. These boxes are now being deployed in high security risk areas through the next fiscal year. The Postal Service is hardening blue collection boxes making access to their contents more difficult for criminals. Reducing Letter Carrier Robberies and Mail Theft – As part of Project Safe Delivery, USPS and USPIS are taking action to harden physical targets against criminal activity and reduce criminal acts against postal employees including:ġ2,000 High Security Blue Collection Boxes To Be Installed Nationwide. Expanded Project Safe Delivery actions include: Recognizing these ongoing safety threats, the Postal Service and the Postal Inspection Service are expanding their Project Safe Delivery crime prevention initiative to protect Postal employees and facilities, prevent mail and package theft and enforce the law against individuals who perpetrate crimes against Postal employees or engage in mail and package theft. The Postal Service will continue to work with its unions and management associations on training and employee education for letter carriers and other postal workers. Additionally, the agency reported an increase in high volume mail theft incidents from mail receptacles including blue collection boxes: 38,500 in FY22 and more than 25,000 in the first half of FY23. With 305 incidents reported in the first half of FY23, these incidents are increasingly more prevalent. In FY22, 412 USPS letter carriers were robbed on the job. Incidents of letter carrier robberies are on the rise across the nation. We are hardening targets – both physical and digital – to make them less desirable to thieves and working with our law enforcement partners to bring perpetrators to justice,” said Postal Inspection Service Chief Gary Barksdale. “We’re doubling down on our efforts to protect our Postal employees and the security of the mail. Every Postal employee deserves to work in safety and to be free from targeting by criminals seeking to access the public's mail.” “The men and women of the Postal Service are walking our nation’s streets every day to fulfil our mission of delivering mail and packages to the American people. ![]() “As crime rises, so do the threats against our public servants,” said Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer Louis DeJoy. ![]() The Postal Service and Postal Inspection Service held a joint briefing for Congress members and staff on these efforts on May 11, 2023. WASHINGTON - The United States Postal Service (Postal Service) and United States Postal Inspection Service (Postal Inspection Service) today announced expanded actions to protect Postal employees and the security of the nation’s mail and packages as threats and attacks on letter carriers and mail fraud incidents have escalated concurrently with a national rise in crime. Joint Project Safe Delivery initiative focused on reducing letter carrier robberies and mail theft preventing change of address fraud defeating counterfeit postage USPS, Postal Inspection Service Roll Out Expanded Crime Prevention Measures To Crack Down on Mail Theft, Enhance Employee Safety and Strengthen Consumer Protections Aviation mail security & hazardous materials. ![]()
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