Video: The Police Force Behind the USPS

Hidden Side of the Post Office : The Police Force Behind the USPS The U.S. Postal Service moves millions of packages and letter every single day, and The List‘s Brien McElhatten discovered a little known police force that keep it all running smoothly and safely. via Hidden Side of the Post Office – ABC2News.com.

USPS Awards Two Contracts Worth Up to $250 Million for Company to provide security services

HERNDON, Va., Jan. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Command Security Corporation (NYSE MKT: MOC) announced today the award of two United States Postal Service (USPS) contracts valued at approximately $250 million over a ten year term of service. On December 31, 2014, Command Security Corporation received notification of the award of an approximate $20 million […]

Video: Union Questions USPS Over Controversial 911 Policy

After an NBC Bay Area investigation uncovered a policy that prevents most postal service employees from dialing 911 in an emergency, the union representing those employees has gotten involved. The American Postal Workers union sent a letter to top postal service officials in Washington, DC, asking them to explain the rationale behind the policy that […]

Video: Postal Robberies Skyrocketing

On the anniversary of the murder of a local postal carrier, the News4 I-Team shows a never before released list of crimes committed against postal employees, including a dramatic increase in robberies. It started out like any other February day for a well-known D.C. postal carrier who delivered the mail on Webster Street in Northeast. […]

Three Houston Men Head to Prison for Robbery of Postal Vehicle

HOUSTON – Kenton Deon Harrell, 41, Kenneth Shane Howard, 34, and Malcolm Derrail Williams, 32, have been handed their sentences following their convictions of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. A federal jury convicted Harrell following four days of trial and approximately three hours of deliberation in June 2014, […]

EEO Complaint Alleges Postal Police Officers Denied USPS Paid Benefit Offered To Postal Inspectors

Did USPS properly addressed a Postal Police Officer’s class claim allegation that she was discriminated against because the USPS does not offer self-referral counseling to its Postal Police Officers? In a complaint dated June 22, 2008, a Postal Police Officer (PPO) in USPS’s Los Angeles Post Office in Pasadena, California maintained that she was subjected […]

APWU Negotiations Contract Extended to Nov. 23; Union, USPS to Continue Talks

APWU President Cliff Guffey announced that the union and Postal Service have extended their Collective Bargaining Agreement through Tuesday, Nov. 23, at noon. The contract was scheduled to expire Nov. 20. “We do not have a new contract,” Guffey said, “but we believe there is still potential to negotiate an agreement. The union and management […]