U.S. Postal Inspection Service Conducts Two-Week Intensive Operations in New York as part of Project Safe Delivery

New York – As a key step in fulfilling our commitment to the American public, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service recently completed two weeks of intensive operations in support of Project Safe Delivery. Additional postal inspectors and other personnel from across the country took part in this nationwide initiative centered in Queens, NY.

Project Safe Delivery is a joint USPS and Postal Inspection Service crime prevention initiative to protect postal employees and facilities, prevent mail and package theft and enforce the law against individuals who perpetrate crimes against postal employees or engage in mail and package theft. This initiative focuses on three primary objectives – enforcement, prevention, and protection – with the goals of increasing the safety of USPS letter carriers, apprehending, and charging violent criminals, mail thieves, and “money mules,” while protecting the sanctity of the U.S. Mail.

Over the course of this phase of the initiative, a wide-ranging law enforcement partnership, consisting of postal inspectors along with local, state, and other federal agencies, arrested a total of 14 suspects related to postal robberies and/or mail theft. In addition to arrests, postal inspectors carried out eight subpoenas/search warrants of suspected criminal enterprises, conducted over 18 investigative interviews of suspects believed to be involved in theft, robbery, and other illicit financial crimes, and provided prevention information to over 500 stakeholders in the operation. These prevention activities included presentations at local police department roll calls. In addition, security and property accountability reviews were conducted at postal facilities across Queens, and in-person safety presentations were delivered to area postal employees.

“Protecting USPS employees and customers is at the cornerstone of our mission. These directed initiatives exemplify the dedication of Postal Inspection Service personnel and their law enforcement partners to bring to justice those individuals who commit criminal acts against USPS employees and steal from the U.S. Mail,” said Daniel B. Brubaker, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, New York Division.

This is the first two-week intensive operation in New York as part of Project Safe Delivery, with more to come. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service appreciates the support and collaboration of all the law enforcement partners who helped make this phase of the initiative a success, including the New York City Police Department, New York State Police, Queens District Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, among others.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service values all our law enforcement partners and is dedicated to defending the nation’s mail system from criminal activity and preserving the integrity of the U.S. Mail.