CHICO, Calif. – Stolen mail and mail box break-ins, postal officials say its happening all over Chico. A postal employee told Action News Now, Country Lane Apartments is just one of 45 neighborhoods experiencing mail theft in the past two months. Concerned neighbor Lisa Collins has lived at country lane apartments for five years. Collins […]
PHOENIX — It may just be a simple air horn, but this is the United States Postal Services latest weapon against dog attacks. In 2018 the USPS reported 5,714 dog attacks on postal employees nation wide; 73 in Arizona and New Mexico and 24 in Phoenix. Alfredo Villa, a USPS carrier in Phoenix for 31 […]
LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) — Updated: April 15, 2019, 6:05 p.m. Loves Park Police Chief Chuck Lynde tells 23 News a package with a motorcycle battery exploded at the building on Monday. Lynde says one worker has minor irritation after the explosion, but everyone in the building avoided significant injuries. The building was evacuated as a […]
Washington, DC – 4/12/19 – Today the Postal Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued its Annual Compliance Determination (ACD) assessing the pricing and service performance standards of the U.S. Postal Service (Postal Service) in fiscal year 2018. This ACD marks the 11th Compliance Determination issued since the enactment of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006. The following is […]
Bryan Colletti, a Connecticut Valley District safety specialist, watches Ian, a German shepherd that participated in a demonstration during the National Dog Bite Prevention Week kickoff press conference April 11 in Brooklyn, NY. USPS News Link – 4/12/19 – The number of Postal Service employees attacked by dogs fell to 5,714 last year — about […]
APWU News – 04/12/2019 – The APWU continues our offensive against the White House proposals to sell the Postal Service to private corporations. The lighthearted video below makes a crucial point – of all the many things the Postal Service will accept from the public, tax dollars are not one of them. The video advertisement […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It is another step towards justice for the family of a beloved Albuquerque postal worker. Police said the body of Marilyn Gandert was found beaten, stabbed, and burned last year. In a tragic twist, the suspects were her own grandson, her daughter-in-law and their roommate. Now Annie Rael is admitting to taking […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- A video that’s been viewed thousands of times online appears to show a woman encouraging a child to steal a package from a doorstep. The video was captured on Daniel Perez home security camera in northwest Albuquerque. “The boy spots a package, she’ll stop in front and take a look around to see […]
BROOKLYN, NY — The number of postal employees attacked by dogs nationwide fell to 5,714 in 2018 — more than 500 fewer than in 2017 and more than 1,000 fewer since 2016. Today, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) highlights technology that likely helps to reduce potential attacks while releasing its annual list of cities with […]
CHICAGO (Fox 32 News) – Legislation aimed at helping state police catch perpetrators of shootings on Illinois highways passed a major hurdle Thursday afternoon. The Bill, HB 0331, sponsored by Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D) – 29th, would create the Illinois Expressway Safety Act, also known as the Tamara Clayton Act, according to Jones. The bill […]