Former U.S. Postal Inspector: Threatening Packages Sent By Mail Are Rare, But Employees Are ‘Highly Trained And Diligent’

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As the developments in the suspected bombs being sent to opponents of President Donald Trump continue to unfold, Joe Bellissimo is watching with an educated eye.

He’s been there with a threatening package in his hands before, “Your adrenaline starts to rush and you start to focus then on what you’re going to do.”

Now an instructor at Impax in McCandless, Bellissimo spent four years with the FBI and 21 years as a U.S. Postal Inspector. He says the actions are clear when you’ve got a problem on your hands.

“You have to isolate it, and X-ray it right there and see what you have,” he said.

Bellissimo says the suspected devices that have been found over the past day have the classic red flags of a suspicious package.

“Most of them have stamps on them. They won’t have any metered indices on them or anything like that,” he says.

In fact, Bellissimo says often its excessive postage to try and avoid it being weighed at the post office. Also, he says, “We look for misspellings in the address or the return address. Read more CBS Pittsburgh

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