Postal Police Officer
CurrentThe Postal Inspection Service maintains a Security Force staffed by approximately 650 uniformed Postal Police Officers, who are assigned to critical postal facilities throughout the country. As a Postal Police Officer I am required to qualify with agency-issued shotguns and my assigned sidearm and am designated as a special police officer under Title 18, Part 2, and Section 3061(c). I assist Postal Inspectors with arresting suspects for crimes committed against the United States Postal Service and felonies committed in their presence. I provide perimeter security, inside and outside the grounds of many post offices both day and night as a visible deterrent at postal facilities located primarily in urban high-crime areas and respond to emergencies including disturbances, assaults, theft, robberies and other incidents threatening the safety of The U.S. Postal Service, postal employees and its customers. I escort high-value monetary mail shipments on routes to and from processing centers while armed with my assigned firearm. I have provided escort assistance to Postal Inspectors transporting arrested criminals federally charged to and from federal detention centers while they await court proceedings. Another essential protective duty I perform is to provide real time address verifications whether in person, by conducting surveillance operatives or by searching the many database systems providing law enforcement with streamlined pertinent data.