WASHINGTON – Congress is moving to address the growing problem of violence against U.S. postal workers with new legislation aimed at enhancing their safety.
Lawmakers are currently reviewing the “Protect Our Letter Carriers Act,” a bipartisan bill designed to curb the rising number of attacks on letter carriers across the country.
Brian Renfroe, President of the National Association of Letter Carriers, notes that the threat to postal workers has dramatically increased in recent years. “Letter carriers could walk down even the meanest streets of America, and nobody messed with us. Unfortunately, that really changed a few years ago,” Renfroe said.
Since 2020, more than 2,000 violent attacks have been reported against letter carriers while on the job, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Renfroe attributes the rise in assaults to a broader decline in respect for postal workers, even in neighborhoods that were once considered dangerous.
