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freshly fallen snow makes everything
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feel so peaceful and quiet but crime
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turns things
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ugly hi I'm Andre Avery United States
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Postal Inspector with mail volume
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increasing in the holiday season more
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and more packages are being delivered
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and that means thieves are lurking to
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help themselves to your packages and to
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muddy up your holidays neither rain nor
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snow nor well you know the rest of that
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line keep postal inspectors off the
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streets we're out there on the lookout
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for mail thieves but we could use your
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help to prevent these crimes keep an eye
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on your door your porch and your mailbox
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because you can be sure the crooks are
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do not leave mail in your mailbox
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overnight the longer mail stays in your
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mailbox the more susceptible it is to
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theft and outgoing mail to your letter
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carrier mail it at the post office or
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from a secure receptacle at your place
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of business if if you have a camera
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system make sure it's aimed and focused
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on capturing activity at your front door
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or
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mailbox if your camera catches mail
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thieves in the act of stealing US mail
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save the video and contact postal
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inspectors at
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877-876-2455
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or at uspis.gov
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don't get snowed by mail theves