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Checking our mailbox Each day is second nature for most of us that we do not often think twice at work that goes there. The American postal service (USPS) is responsibleFor shipping and delivery Billions of letters across the country each year, and it is certainly not an easy task. Add to that recent budget cuts and staff shortages, and you necessarily have some problems in your hands.

The postal service has tried to fight against some of these more important problems by making a certain number of changes to its service, prices from hiking to the slowdown in delivery times - and even the presidentJoe Biden tried to lend a blow by adopting the law on postal services reform in April, which is expected to provide $ 50 billion in USPS relief over the next 10 years. Despite all this, the USPS has now had to issue a new warning on a problem that affects more and more customers over time. Read the rest to discover what the postal agency issues alerts now.

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In the middle of the myriad of problems that the USP is fighting, the agency has just sent aWarning to customers On an increase in animal attacks against workers. According to the postal service, more than 5,400 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the United States only in 2021. And large cities like Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles and Chicago are home to some of the worst offenders.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"Pinks and bites with vicious attacks, the aggressive behavior of dogs is a serious threat to postal employees and the public," the USPS said at the time.

Some warnings are less concerned with people's well-being, and more on their portfolios. Last month, general post officeLouis Dejoy has issued an "uncomfortable" warningHikes USPS Price. "Although our price decisions are finally taken under the authority of the Council of Governors, in the short term, I will most likely plead for these increases," he said. "I believe that we have been seriously damaged by at least 10 years of a defective pricing model, which cannot be satisfied with one or two annual price increases, especially in this inflationary environment."

Some leaders of the United States have turned their attention to a different problem on customers: theft of mail. May 16,Eleanor Holmes Norton, a representative of Washington, D.C., sent a letter to the USPS and to Dejoyan apparent increase In mail flight, in particular with regard to stolen checks.

"A constituent recently contacted my office after the checks they have put in a blue collection box were stolen," the member for the agency wrote. "The thieves have changed the beneficiaries and the dollar amounts on the checks, and tens of thousands of dollars were stolen on the account of my constituent."

According to Norton, thieves seem to steal checks from the mail system thanks to the use of stolen universal keys, also called arrow keys. In his letter, Congresscited a 2020 report of the USPS Inspector General, who warned of the agency's lack of control over these keys, which allow access to a certain number of secure areas, including "collection boxes, Outdoor packages, cluster units and apartments ".

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In his letter, Norton asked the USPS to respond before May 30, detailing the plans and measures he takes to "remedy the problem" of mail flight. But while the postal service has not respected this deadline, Nortonreceived an answer of the agency on June 6.James Cari, a representative of government relations for the USPS, said that in the Washington region, D.C., alongside most of the other major metropolitan regions, the agency has "seen an increase in the flight of mail to the lesson from recent years ".

Inspectors working with the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the postal agency's law application, supervised 1,079 cases of mail flight throughout the country in 2021, according to Cari. These cases led to 1,511 arrests and 1,263 convictions. But these are only cases that the inspectors took action against last year, which could have occurred before 2021 because "the convictions do not always occur during the same exercise as the arrests", noted Cari. Earlier this year, the USPIS reported that it had received299,020 Mail flight complaints Between March 2020 and February 2021, which was a leap of 161% compared to the previous year.

"The postal inspection service reports that recent mail flight trends are probably attributable to a variety of factors, including the impact of the COVVI-19 pandemic, which has experienced the volume of packages and shipping Economic impact payments and unemployment insurance payments, "Cari told Norton.

The postal service has apparently worked to combat the increase in mail flights. In the Grand Washington region, Cari told Norton that the inspectors had worked with the USPS to "install security changes and infrastructure upgrades". According to the agency, these efforts have included "the tightening of the collection boxes, the strengthening of the walls of the post office hall for additional safety, the installation of cameras in postal installations and the prioritization of surveys linked to stolen checks which are then washed, modified and negotiated for payment. "

But in terms of concerns about its arrow keys, Cari said that the agency "strictly controls" the keys that access mailboxes. According to the USPS, employees are required to immediately report if a key has been lost or stoles, and "considerable efforts are spent" to ensure that workers respect these policies.

"You can be assured that we understand to what extent our customers depend on the postal service, and if they suspect a flight or alteration by mail, they are encouraged to contact the postal inspection service," wrote Cari.

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