“Dog bite prevention training and continuing education are important to keep pet owners, pets and those who visit homes - like letter carriers - happy and healthy.” Postal Service Safety Director Linda DeCarlo in Los Angeles.
“Even good dogs have bad days,” said U.S.
In extreme cases, residents will be told to pick up mail at a post office until a repeat offender dog is restrained. Customers are asked on package pickup applications if there are dogs at their addresses. The post office hopes more public awareness will help.Īfter a 14 percent jump in dog attacks in 2015, the post office launched a “Trip Hazards” app on handheld devices to help warn carriers of potentially hostile dogs. Officially, 2 percent of carriers were bitten last year, but Solomon says every carrier he knows has some kind of “dog experience” to tell, from outrunning to cajoling a territorial pet. “It’s always on your mind as a carrier, ‘Is there a dog in the area and is it a threat?'” said James Solomon, a 17-year postal carrier. Still, while dog bite claims are rising, there are signs attacks may be less severe: The average cost per claim fell last year by more than 10 percent to $33,230, according to the Insurance Information Institute and State Farm. In the last year, dog attacks on carriers rose 3 percent. Overall, an estimated 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs annually, mostly children. Medical expenses and workers’ compensation cost the Postal Service millions of dollars each year. The Postal Service released its annual figures Thursday as part of National Dog Bite Prevention Week, which begins Sunday.Ī longtime cliche of movies, dog biting of mail carriers - or at least dog chasing - is no laughing matter for the post office. Los Angeles topped the 2016 list with 80 attacks on postal workers, followed by Houston with 62 and Cleveland with 60. The high for attacks dated back to the 1980s, at more than 7,000, before maulings by pit bulls and other potentially aggressive dogs became a public issue. Postal Service, but its carriers are incurring a cost: more dog bites.ĭog attacks on postal workers rose last year to 6,755, up 206 from the previous year and the highest in three decades, as internet shopping booms and consumers increasingly demand seven-day-a-week package delivery and groceries dropped at their doorstep. If you suspect you’ve been a mail theft victim, report it to the postal inspector.WASHINGTON - Booming online retail sales are good news for the U.S. If you’re not going to be home when mail or packages are delivered, have someone you trust pick it up for you or flag it to be held at the post office until you get back. The best way to avoid being a mail theft victim is, according to the USPIS, to check your mail often. They are still looking for the man Chris snapped a picture of.
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NBC 7 reached out to the USP for an update on this investigation. "It's difficult to tell if this person is really coherent, if they're on, you know, drugs, alcohol, if they're mentally stable, if they have a weapon on them.”
“It's definitely a little bit nerve-wracking because you don't know, I mean, where their head space is," Chris said. The man grabbed his bags and walked away. "He said, 'Why are you yelling at me?' So, I continue to ask him if he lives at the residence, and he refused to answer the question.”īy this point, a crowd of neighbors was starting to form around them. “I raised my voice again and asked him if he lived there," Chris remembered. Take the Trolley to Rock ‘n' Roll Marathon in San Diego This Weekend, MTS Says
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