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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPostal police union sues DeJoy for limiting mail theft enforcement authority
The Postal Service last month abruptly ordered its police officers to stop investigating mail theft that occurs away from post office property, the Postal Police Officers Association alleged Monday, suing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to block a change they say could erode the safety of mail carriers and delivery.
Per the union, USPS implemented the change on Aug. 25, a day after DeJoy testified to Congress amid mounting concerns that policy changes he implemented were delaying mail service and could jeopardize record numbers of mail-in ballots expected in the presidential election.
The union argues that this unilateral change by USPS managers violates the collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Police Officers Association. The union is asking a judge to block the policy change pending arbitration and to declare that USPS leaders acted outside of their statutory authority.
Per the union, USPS implemented the change on Aug. 25, a day after DeJoy testified to Congress amid mounting concerns that policy changes he implemented were delaying mail service and could jeopardize record numbers of mail-in ballots expected in the presidential election.
The union argues that this unilateral change by USPS managers violates the collective bargaining agreement with the Postal Police Officers Association. The union is asking a judge to block the policy change pending arbitration and to declare that USPS leaders acted outside of their statutory authority.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/14/postal-service-police-union-sues-dejoy-414537
I can't believe it. A police union that's actually trying to do something positive. I didn't even know that Postal Police Officers were a thing.
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Postal police union sues DeJoy for limiting mail theft enforcement authority (Original Post)
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2020
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)1. Putin and the GOP are physically attacking us
Putin and the GOP are physically attacking us
I hope the fuck people wake up
Trueblue Texan
(2,430 posts)2. Uhhh....me either...
I know about the Postal Inspection Service, the oldest law enforcement agency in the nation, but never heard of the postal police...what is th source of this story?
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)3. It's from Politico. Link is in the OP.
dweller
(23,641 posts)5. the Postal Police are a branch
of the Inspection division, and operate at a federal level
✌🏼
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)4. Speaking of mail theft, has anyone read an update on the case last week
in Glendale, CA, where someone driving a rental truck dumped bags of mail in two separate locations?.