USPS suspends services in Santa Monica neighborhood, citing attacks on carriers

The U.S. Postal Service is briefly suspending companies in a Santa Monica neighborhood after a number of assaults on its mail carriers, the company mentioned Monday.

There have been three incidents within the 1300 block of 14th Road in Santa Monica involving three separate letter carriers, USPS spokeswoman Natashi Garvins informed KTLA.

“A number of carriers have been subjected to assaults and threats of assault from a person who has not been situated or apprehended,” letters from USPS posted within the neighborhood learn.

A Santa Monica Police Division lieutenant informed KTLA the company solely discovered one crime report involving a USPS letter service within the 1300 block of 14th Road.

The incident, which was reported on Jan. 19, concerned a resident who assaulted a USPS mail service with a broomstick, based on Santa Monica Police Lt. Erika Aklufi. The sufferer sustained a minor damage to his arm and didn’t require medical consideration.

The resident lives within the space and “is thought to our officers and in addition to the mail service he attacked,” Aklufi mentioned in an electronic mail. The mail service declined prosecution for the incident, based on police. 

“If there have been different incidents of USPS mail carriers being attacked, we had been unable to find extra experiences,” the police spokeswoman mentioned.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service launched an announcement saying they’re conscious of “current experiences of suspicious exercise” towards postal carriers in Santa Monica, and that inspectors are investigating the incidents.

The letters posted within the neighborhood concerning the suspension of companies tells residents they’ll decide up their mail on the put up workplace on seventh Road.

“That is an uncommon, however obligatory step to guard our staff,” the USPS spokeswoman mentioned.

Some residents voiced their annoyance with the suspension of mail companies.

“It doesn’t make sense,” mentioned resident Michael Fan. “Why do I’ve to drive to the put up workplace, pay for parking, for mail that ought to be delivered…?”

Some felt they had been being unfairly penalized for one individual’s actions.

“Clearly, the well being and wellbeing of the individuals delivering our mail is everybody’s primary concern; we don’t need anybody put in hurt,” mentioned Teddy Canner. “But when there’s a gentleman that lives a number of doorways down that’s making the neighborhood unsafe, then I believe he ought to be faraway from the neighborhood.”

USPS didn’t say when companies will resume and no additional particulars had been out there.