Seattle Postal Service Halts Delivery On Entire Zipcode For Postal Crime

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The United States Postal Service (USPS) said that mail deliveries in one ZIP code—98118 in southeast Seattle, (roughly from Columbia City to Rainier Beach) —had been halted since last week for less than 900 customers, who were instead redirected to pick up their mail at a local annex, according to the Seattle Times.

In February, the city of Seattle released its annual crime statistics showing the violent crime rate at a 15-year high based on 2022 data. As citywide crime increased 4 percent compared to 2021, reported crime was at an all-time high and highlighted by 49,577 reported violent and property crimes. Aggravated assault and motor vehicle theft were "significantly high" in 2022 when compared to a five-year weighted average.

A total of 1,349 firearms were taken into custody in 2022 by the Seattle Police Department—its second-highest number on record.

Robberies of postal carriers in the U.S. have more than quadrupled in the past decade, and weapons were used in most of the 496 robberies in 2022, according to data provided by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to the Associated Press.

As part of the efforts to curb these rising statistics, officials said they would install 12,000 high-security blue collection boxes nationwide in areas with more crime, "making access to their contents more difficult for criminals."

They will also install 49,000 electronic locks to replace "antiquated" Arrow and Modified Arrow Locks—of which postal workers have been targeted for their keys. Some of those locks have already been installed in some cities, with more expected soon in major metropolitan areas.

 

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mail-theft-halts-delivery-in-some-seattle-neighborhoods/

 

https://straightarrownews.com/media-miss/seattle-crime-forces-postal-service-to-temporarily-halt-deliveries-for-entire-zip-code/

 

https://www.newsweek.com/seattle-residents-had-mail-stopped-because-rising-crime-1800729?amp=1

[bionic 50,111]

you've got to keep your staff safe. feel sorry for the innocent residents whose lives are no doubt already suffering due to the prevalent violence in their area

[RichAssPiss 5,043]

This is incredibly awful. USPS is a federal program that tax payers fund. Not everyone has the time and transit to get to a post office on a regular basis. This is especially true in economically impoverished areas. They just turned off their mail.