Fox 11: USPS Suspends Mail Carrier Service in Santa Monica, Calif. Due to Unsafe Neighborhood

Multiple carriers have been subjected to assaults and threats of assault from an individual who has not been located or apprehended

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ENDO: “Yes, it’s a definitely concerning situation here on the 1300 block of 14th Street in Santa Monica where residents say they have suspended mail service because of the fact that their mail carriers have been attacked or threatened or assaulted, and they say this has been going on for a few weeks now. Even one resident saying they saw mail strewn about the street because a man kicked over the cart and basically threatened the mail carrier with a golf club or some type of bat. So, because of all this, the postal service here in Santa Monica sent a letter on April 7th, last week, saying that the mail service will be suspended for this area. About 200 families will be impacted because of this, because it’s just not safe for their letter carriers to be out here, delivering the mail. Now, of course, residents are concerned about this and wondering why they can’t just apprehend the person involved in all this, making the threats. Obviously the postal service, according to this letter that they issued to the residents, say that this isn’t a decision they made lightly, but they cannot locate or apprehend the person involved in these threats, and so for the safety of the letter carriers they had to make the decision to suspend mail service here in this area."

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