Almost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities.
Nearly 1,000 armed guards have descended on the United States Postal Service, deploying to at least 55 facilities across the country ahead of Election Day.
The security officers were contracted through multinational private security company Prosegur, according to a Raw Story investigation.
Prosegur has a history of alleged human rights violations, including an incident as recent as 2024 in which the company’s Brazilian subsidiary reportedly prevented indigenous people from accessing food and medical care at a nearby town, per an assessment by the Ethics Council of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund.
Prosegur’s guards are currently located at USPS facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Phoenix, San Diego, and Tampa, according to internal memos obtained by Raw Story.
One postal contractor that spoke with the digital outlet said she was “alarmed” that the armed security guards were predominantly confined to “deep blue states or swing states.”
So let me get this straight: the Inspection Service sidelined its own highly trained Postal Police Officers—who undergo 1,440 hours of law enforcement training—just to spend tens of millions of USPS dollars dropping nearly 1,000 rent-a-cops into processing facilities right before the midterms?
And who did USPIS pick to secure our mail and ballots? A foreign private security firm with a track record so abysmal that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund blacklisted them over human rights abuses, and whose previous USPS contract was slammed by the Inspector General because 30% of their guards didn’t even have security clearances!
You can’t make this up. USPIS literally looked at an ongoing mail-theft crisis, ignored letter carriers getting robbed, and said: “What if we pay top dollar for untrained, unvetted private guards to stand around inside buildings in blue states, while nobody—not even USPIS—knows if they actually have arrest authority?”
USPIS leadership isn’t running a law enforcement agency anymore; they’re running an absolute masterclass in bureaucratic incompetence.
Using Postal Service police might violate Posse Comitatus restrictions. I don’t know if it’s ever been tested in court. I doubt that they’re paying top dollar, though,to Prosegur. Probably just the opposite- they might come cheaper than USPS employees. Maybe the Prosegur people might be more intimidating.
We have this Supe that hates the PO.
He was told that the PM said they are to spend as
much money as possible, Not save money.
They really want to bankrupt the place.
And if the Red Retards keep the Senate and House?
Watch out, big changes coming???
“The Security company’s Brazilian subsidiary reportedly prevented indigenous people from accessing food and medical care at a nearby town”. How does this impact the US Based Company? Appears to be a smear campaign by “Frank the Tank”…
Max, the Postal Service has its own trained police force that could be used. Besides, this is a Spanish-owned company that employs people from all over the world. If we’re going to use mercenaries (which is bad enough in itself) in order to pay less than Postal Employees make, and then pay them with our tax dollars, can’t we use an American company that employs Americans? Anyway, what’s this all about? We never had electoral problems until DT entered the scene.
This is bonkers. What the hell is the Postal Service doing?