Postal Police Warn Limits on Probes Threaten Election Integrity
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The union representing the U.S. Postal Service’s police force asked a federal judge to block a new rule that limits police to investigating mail theft only when it occurs on postal property.
The rule, issued by the Postal Service in late August, “threatens the integrity of the mails” on the eve of an election that will be “heavily dependent on mail security,” the union said in a court filing in Washington on Wednesday. Historically, the filing said, postal police officers have ventured outside Postal Service property to conduct surveillance and investigate theft on public roads and letter carriers’ routes.