>Postal Inspector Supports Fitzgerald's Protect Our Letter Carriers Bill
(Harrisburg, PA) -- The U.S. Postal Inspector for Pennsylvania is supporting the Protect Our Letter Carriers legislation proposed by Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick. Postal inspector George Clark says there have been increasing cases of carriers being attacked for their keys that open the big blue mailboxes. He says the thieves then take checks from the boxes and wash them, then enter new amounts to be cashed. Fitzpatrick's legislation would speed up the process of replacing the keys with electronic versions that criminals couldn't use. Nearly 650 postal carriers across the country were robbed last year, which officials say is a 30-percent increase from the year before.