Potential ballot theft investigated at Henrico post office

[Yonnie3]

Not sure what to make of this.

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From the link in the tweet https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/potential-ballot-theft-investigated-at-henrico-post-office

Police investigate potential mail theft in Henrico's West End.
By: Brendan King , WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff
Posted at 9:32 AM, Oct 05, 2020
and last updated 10:03 AM, Oct 05, 2020

GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- The United States Postal Inspection Service and Henrico Police are investigating whether election ballots were stolen from mailboxes in western Henrico, according to police.

Investigators put yellow police tape around several mailboxes outside the U.S. Post Office on Sadler Road, near Innsbrook, in Glen Allen.

It is unclear what prompted police to suspect ballot theft.

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[soothsayer]

1. Ruh roh. Didn't dejoy say postal police can't investigate off postal property

http://www.postal-reporter.com/blog/postal-police-sue-usps-dejoy-over-restrictions-they-claim-put-postal-workers-in-danger/

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On August 25, Postal Police workers were informed of a new directive by Deputy Chief Inspector David Bowers that said officers “no longer had any law-enforcement authority, whatsoever, except when they are physically stationed on real estate owned or leased by the Postal Service,” reversing officers’ previous ability to protect U.S. mail and postal workers off of USPS premises.

Postal Police officers previously would go off-site “to protect letter carriers and the mail in dangerous areas, to stop mail theft from carriers and from collection boxes, and to insure the safety of the mail at airports,” the lawsuit explains, noting officers responded to an increase in attacks on mail carriers and crimes like “mail fishing” to steal mail from USPS collection boxes.

While Postal Inspectors have similar law-enforcement duties to Postal Police officers, they typically work only during business hours, the lawsuit notes, making Postal Police officers, who work “around the clock,” the only ones capable of handling issues that happen outside of regular business hours.

[Thekaspervote]

2. Please please do not trust your ballot to the mail!!