DeJoy faces pain over postal 'crime wave’
Raw StoryAmid nonstop grilling by U.S. senators about the nation’s shambolic mail system, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy had jokes. But he emphasized that the Postal Service’s own uniformed police force, known as postal police officers, “protect our facilities where our people are and the mail is” — not on the streets. DeJoy, who maintained the Postal Service has “done a lot over the last year” to address postal crime, said there aren’t even enough postal police officers to patrol mail facilities such as post offices and regional sorting centers. Are they not?” DeJoy concurred, “They are,” but pointed to the Postal Service’s use of postal inspectors in cities and partnerships with local police and local prosecutors to address crime. It's a mystery.” In the union’s statement to Congress, Albergo called the Postal Service’s publicized 1,200 arrests between May 2023 and March 2024 “unimpressive,” saying that mail theft and letter carrier robbery arrests were reported "pale in comparison” to former numbers reported by the Postal Inspection Service.
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