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, USPS and the Postal Inspection Service announced last month.
Representatives from both USPS and the Inspection Service are leading a series of news briefings across the nation about Project Safe Delivery and other anti-crime efforts.
The first briefing was held Jan. 23 at the Boston General Mail Facility, where Danielle Schrage, a postal inspector, and Stephen Doherty, a USPS communications specialist, briefed reporters from six media outlets.
Additional briefings in other cities will be held in the coming weeks.
The topics being discussed include:
• The Inspection Service’s ongoing targeted surges in high-crime areas, which have yielded 1,300 investigative actions and dozens of arrests in the past 12 months; and
• Efforts to make guidance on preventing mail theft and identity fraud available at Post Offices nationwide.
The briefings also included an overview of the Inspection Service’s efforts to educate the public on ways to protect themselves from smishing and other ploys designed to steal their identity — and ultimately their money.
The Inspection Service’s website has more information.
