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The U.S. Postal Service is replacing tens of thousands of antiquated keys used by postal carriers and installing thousands of high-security collection boxes to stop a surge in robberies and mail thefts, officials said Friday. The Postal Service is replacing 49,000 so-called arrow locks with electronic versions to make them less attractive to criminals who have been targeting them to steal mail from secure receptacles, and it is placing 12,000 hardened blue collection boxes in high-risk areas, according to the Postal Service and Postal Inspection Service. The announcement came days after the ...

Postal carriers have more worries than snow, rain or the gloom of night keeping them from their appointed rounds. Robberies of postal carriers have exploded, surging 78% to nearly 500 in 2022, according to data provided by U.S. Postal Inspection Service to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act. Letter carriers are demanding action from the U.S. Postal Service.

Until the late 1960s, these quarter-ton capacity carriers served as the backbone of the U.S. Postal Service.

Thieves continue to target mail carriers, searching for their arrow key.

Don't forget to put the little blue bag out by your mailbox and fill it up with food or monetary donations to help Stamp Out Hunger.