Updated on December 17, 2020 at 8:12 pm
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A policy change could be to blame for increased mail theft across our area, a postal insider told the News4 I-Team.
The head of the Postal Police Officers Association says the U.S. Postal Service removed its uniformed officers from patrols that deter those kinds of crimes, instead stationing them inside postal processing facilities. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. It s nuts; it s absolutely crazy, said Frank Albergo, president of the PPOA. They pulled us off the street. There are no more marked postal police vehicles out in the street. I mean, it s actually inviting crime.