USPS Implements Measures to Combat Mail Theft and Robberies

The USPS and Postal Inspection Service are implementing the Joint Project Safe Delivery initiative to combat the rising rates of robberies of postal workers and mail theft from blue collection boxes. The program includes installing high-security collection boxes, replacing outdated locks with electronic models, preventing change-of-address fraud, and cracking down on counterfeit postage. The effort will place 12,000 high-security mailboxes in high-risk areas and replace 49,000 antiquated arrow locks with electronic locks to make it more difficult to commit crimes like check fraud. The agency reported 305 robberies of postal workers and 25,000 incidents of theft from collection boxes so far in 2023.