A union representing postal police officers sued U.S. Postal Service on Monday to reinstate outside patrols, allowing them to protect workers from increasing attacks.
According to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia by the Postal Police Officers Association, the Postal Service issued a memo on Aug. 25, 2020, that directed managers to stop postal police officers from performing law enforcement activities anywhere but at buildings owned by the Postal Service.
Postal police officers work under the administrative control of the United States Postal Inspection Service, which is the law enforcement and security arm of the Postal Service. They investigate and prevent mail theft and mail tampering, as well as crimes against postal employees.
