TROY – Residents have been concerned for more than a year about shooting incidents in the North Central and Lansingburgh neighborhoods and now mail carriers report feeling threatened by the groups, authorities said.
Four mail carriers who work in the area have armed escorts from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service accompanying them on their rounds.
“There were shots fired and it seems bullets ricocheted near a mail woman earlier this month,” said Jim Gordon, chairman of the North Lansingburgh Neighborhood Watch and District 1 councilman.
According to police reports, on August 7 police responded to shots fired on 102nd Street near 6th Avenue around noon. Witnesses said a young male fired numerous shots into a group of three or four individuals standing on the street. They all then ran in different directions, and there were no apparent injuries, police said.
All mailmen should be issued .22s everyday.
This would mot be happening in Staples!
QuaSi….DOIS isn’t an exact reflection of the days workload, but it’s awfully close (especially now that DOIS upgraded to v5.2), and you are finally getting credit for parcels over base. It’s funny though, the carriers don’t want to know when they are under projections, they only want to know when they are OVER projections. When DOIS says theie over, then they have no problem with what DOIS projects!!
Sure, but they let bully bosses COMPLETELY ignore The DAS settlement regarding use of DOIS as day workload. Someone,or many will eventually go “postal”. And NALC does NOTHING, either.
We pledge universal service, no charge for delivery to every last residence and business in this country and territories. Therefore, it behooves neighborhoods and their leaders to assure our carriers that they can enter their turf and not be victimized. If a bad housing project in a terrible section of a city is deemed too dangerous by the carrier or carriers who have to deliver there, then delivery should be discontinued permanently if the problem is ongoing or just ridiculously high risk. Yes, it’s nice to have inspectors going with carriers, and it’s good that management recognizes the dangers and supports the carriers. But there are not enough inspectors to cover every bad route.
The decision to discontinue delivery must be made by carriers, not by management for the simple reason that it is the carrier at risk, and that person knows the area better than a supervisor or PM. Plus, management has an obligation to provide as risk free environments as they can. Perhaps the horrible murder in Maryland last year of a CCA has been the wake up call the USPS needed.