If you were going to pick one law enforcement agency to NOT mess with, it would be the Postal Inspectors. My dad did a lot of work with them a few years back. They do not mess around.
If you ever get arrested by them, they have the goods on you. Their conviction rate is something like 97%. So...if you are even a little guilty (as if there is such a thing) make a deal, because you are going to be convicted.
They are amazing detectives. I don’t like a lot of cops, but these guys are just incredible.
Not sure what that had to do with my comments.
Fact is many folks use PO’s/drop boxes in attempts to remain private/anonymous for whatever reasons.
The government PO knows this and one of the reasons you’re under total data collecting surveillance when visiting your local friendly government PO.
Not so much. I had an expensive ring that was supposed to come to my house (my box is 1/4 mile away, rural). I wasn’t home so the yellow slip was left in my box. It wasn’t in my box when I picked up my mail, so I didn’t know a delivery was attempted (the mail lady is a friend and said yes, it was placed in my box). They only leave one slip now, so after a week I checked the status of my order. I found a delivery attempt was made. It showed that I picked it up at the post office. The Post Master said as far as the postal service was concerned I had picked it up. It was supposed to be signed for, but they didn’t have the signed slip. Told me to report it to the police, who told me they couldn’t touch it as it was federal. Talked to the county sheriff, who took a report, but found they couldn’t touch it either. Went to the postal inspectors, who decided no action was warranted. Big runaround. No cameras in our post office, obviously. I am seriously pissed over this.
What sort of things do they investigate? Mail fraud, shipping drugs through the mail, identity theft from info stolen from mail, or all crimes, even non-post office crimes?
Thanks,
Ed