Posted on 03/14/2015 11:31:43 AM PDT by nascarnation
The Truth About Cars has followed the use of license plate recognition and storage technology by local law enforcement agencies, a practice that has raised alarms from civil liberties activists because of constitutional concerns over broad surveillance and the ability to reconstruct one’s movements from license plate data. Now it appears that United States Postal Inspection Service, the USPS’ own law enforcement agency has also, at least at one post office in Colorado, been collecting similar data from drivers. Though the device had apparently been operating for at least a few months, within an hour of Chris Halsne, of Denver’s KDVR television station, inquiring from the postal inspectors about a Golden, Colorado post office that had a camera positioned to record drivers’ faces and license plates, triggered as they left the post office property, the in-ground camera was removed.
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I don’t see what the big deal is. Couldn’t possibly mean anything...
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What is the Post Office going to do that the State Police are already doing.
This is the Obama Administration. Never mind.
Post offices spy on everyone...
They do this for a reason.
Many people attempt to remain somewhat anonymous by using PO boxes, postal drop boxes etc, in attempts to keep themselves private, hide their resident addresses etc, for whatever reasons.
The government post office’s knows this and one of the reasons why most PO’s have tons of data collecting video surveillance.
Thanks for the nod in the other thread.
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.
I should have stripped you off and just posted it as an FYI. It was meant more for general consumption, not direct at you.
Apologies.
No problem...BTW, last time I went into a PO, there were no less than 8 surveillance cameras pointed in every direction. And while there I encountered some of the rudest individuals ever, working behind the counter. If this would have been private sector, they would have likely all be fired on the spot.
Getting one too many packages from Cabela’s or Midway USA boys?
They are afraid of breaking a sweat?
No. Again, many people attempt to remain somewhat anonymous by using PO boxes, postal drop boxes etc, in attempts to keep themselves private, hide their resident addresses etc, for whatever reasons.
The government post office’s know this and one of the reasons why most PO’s have tons of data collecting video surveillance.
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.
Sounds like an inside job from someone you know.
How would any criminal know you had the slip in your box? They can’t take it if they don’t know. Sounds like someone you know and told decided to beat you to the punch.
I might suspect the postal delivery person, saying they left if for you but then went back to a buddy at work and got it from them, claiming to have left the slip in your box. Problem is, how on earth would the delivery person know the contents of the package you were waiting for. It wouldn’t be worth the risk.
So the only thing reasonable is that you told somebody you mail ordered an expensive ring and either they or someone they told waited for that slip to be delivered while you weren’t home. Had to be an inside job. That’s awful.
The less things you tell people, the better off you are.
The USPS is too busy transferring 50,000 tons of junk mail per day to mailboxes, to be concerned with your lost item.
Seems a lot of cops use PO box addresses so their home address is anonymous. Understandable, but I was surprised they let the cop that bought my car register it to a PO box address.
I get USPS packages delivered nearly every Sunday as part of my business. It must tick off the person delivering since this is a small town and I must be the only person scheduled for a Sunday delivery.
It’s kind of Orwellian but hard to see how it is unconstitutional for us to be looked at.
Speaking of trough, I went to the Post Office to drop off to mail off some documents. I parked in the PO lot and the back door was open. I didn’t pay any attention to it; however I heard music. So I thought ok they are playing music in the back room of the PO. I dropped off the mail in the PO slot and walked back out into the parking lot. As I passed the open back door, I heard people clapping. I took a quick pick and all employees were dancing in line to the music to the Safaris “Wipeout” LOL. I said to my “OMG our tax money at work” LOL.
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