The below remarks are as prepared for delivery by Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy during the open session meeting of the Postal Service Board of Governors on Feb. 6, 2025.
The vehicles introduce air conditioning, 360° cameras and other safety features. One of them is electric which Waco Postmaster Bret Watkins said is more cost efficient.
Robberies of letter carriers have dropped 27 percent and there have been more than 2,400 arrests since the expansion of the Project Safe Delivery crime initiative in 2023
The most recent data, for the week of Jan. 18, however, shows a service dip more in line with the lows of last spring than the rebounding numbers of the summer and fall.
Kiesha Brown was arrested back in October. The 32-year-old former postal employee worked as a city carrier assistant at the L.C. Page Post Office in Norfolk.
The Postal Service ended the first quarter of fiscal 2025 with a net profit — a rare moment in the black that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says is evidence the agency is on the “right path” to overcome long-term financial challenges.