{"id":36909,"date":"2024-12-07T11:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=36909"},"modified":"2024-12-07T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T16:08:02","slug":"video-just-55-postal-inspectors-in-texas-as-not-so-merry-mail-bandits-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2024\/12\/07\/video-just-55-postal-inspectors-in-texas-as-not-so-merry-mail-bandits-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Just 55 postal inspectors in Texas as not-so-merry mail bandits strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/video\/embed\/?pid=15626131\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; 12\/6\/24 &#8211; <\/span>Dale Langham keeps copies of surveillance video every time the cluster mailbox outside of his business office in Houston is broken into.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He said he hoped the videos would help police identify who stole the company&#8217;s incoming checks. But, he said after filing a complaint with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service earlier this year, he never heard back from an inspector.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We continue to have visitors come and take our mail, but we&#8217;ve not heard from anyone, not seen anyone except thieves,&#8221; Langham said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Now, 13 Investigates is learning just how many resources the federal government has to investigate the thousands of complaints of mail theft it gets from Texans every year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">USPIS made 215 arrests from the start of the year through Sept. 2, according to data 13 Investigates obtained through a federal records request.<\/p>\n<p>We also found there are just 55 USPIS postal inspectors employed statewide, according to a federal records request we made in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">One of those inspectors, Miguel Arispe, is now warning residents of what they can do to try to protect their mail as the holiday season approaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The Postal Inspection Service is aware of the numbers regarding the arrests made in the Houston area for this year. Every arrest can clear dozens of mail theft complaints,&#8221; said Arispe, who is also a public information officer for USPIS. &#8220;Regarding your statement about postal inspectors in Texas, the Postal Inspection Service would like the public to know that we take every report of mail theft seriously. We work diligently with our local law enforcement partners to investigate cases of mail theft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">USPIS is also\u00a0<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" href=\"https:\/\/www.uspis.gov\/holiday-scams-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\">warning residents not to get &#8220;snowed by holiday scams&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0through a series of public service announcements featuring a mischievous snowman dressed as a burglar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oLzSq QrHMO GbsKS pvsTF EhJPu vPlOC zNYgW OsTsW AMhAA daRVX ISNQ sKyCY eRftA acPPc ebfE nFwaT MCnQE mEeeY SmBjI xegrY VvTxJ iulOd NIuqO zzscu lzDCc aHUBM hbvnu OjMNy eQqcx SVqKB GQmdz jaoD iShaE ONJdw vrZxD OnRTz gbbfF roDbV kRoBe oMlSS gfNzt oJhud eXZcf zhVlX \">\n<div data-testid=\"prism-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-box-type=\"fitt-adbox-fitt-article-inline-box\" data-testid=\"prism-ad\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-fitt-article-inline-box-949094\" class=\"Ad fitt-article-inline-box  ad-slot  \" data-slot-type=\"fitt-article-inline-box\" data-slot-kvps=\"pos=fitt-article-inline-box\" data-google-query-id=\"CIzRuf2ClooDFR3b9QIdjJgNew\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/55-united-states-postal-inspection-service-inspectors-texas-not-merry-mail-bandits-strike\/15625668\/\">ABC 13<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-slot-type=\"fitt-article-inline-box\" data-slot-kvps=\"pos=fitt-article-inline-box\" data-google-query-id=\"CIzRuf2ClooDFR3b9QIdjJgNew\"><\/div>\n<div data-slot-type=\"fitt-article-inline-box\" data-slot-kvps=\"pos=fitt-article-inline-box\" data-google-query-id=\"CIzRuf2ClooDFR3b9QIdjJgNew\"><a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Porch-Pirates-495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36910 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Porch-Pirates-495-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Porch-Pirates-495-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Porch-Pirates-495-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Porch-Pirates-495.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; 12\/6\/24 &#8211; Dale Langham keeps copies of surveillance video every time the cluster mailbox outside of his business office in Houston is broken into. He said he hoped the videos would help police identify who stole the company&#8217;s incoming checks. But, he said after filing a complaint with the U.S. Postal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,72,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-theftandfraud","category-postal-crime","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36911,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36909\/revisions\/36911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}