{"id":80268,"date":"2021-10-23T19:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T23:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/?p=80268"},"modified":"2021-10-23T20:10:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T00:10:02","slug":"bipartisan-postal-police-reform-act-proposed-by-rep-garbarino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.21cpw.com\/bipartisan-postal-police-reform-act-proposed-by-rep-garbarino\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Postal Police Reform Act proposed by Rep. Garbarino"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boston Division Postal Police Officers Patricia Grant, Sgt. Michael Stanton and Officer Glen Baczewski<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

October 22, 2021<\/span>
\nU.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that would modify the role and duties of United States Postal Service (USPS) police officers.<\/p>\n

The Postal Police Reform Act of 2021, H.R. 5587<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, which Rep. Garbarino introduced on Oct. 15 with original cosponsor U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), would reverse a 2020 USPS directive that tied postal police officers to physical postal locations and prevented them from fully executing their duty to ensure public safety within the nation\u2019s mail system, according to a bill summary provided by Rep. Garbarino\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cPostal police officers serve a critical public safety role, but they have been kneecapped by a senseless directive,\u201d Rep. Garbarino said. \u201cSince postal police have been confined to postal property, there has been a spike in mail theft and violence, including rising attacks against mail carriers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The congressman said that USPS police officers must be given more freedom to combat crime within the mail system. \u201cThis bill will enhance public safety by removing current restrictions and empowering postal police to do their jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rep. Pascrell called it \u201can absolute disgrace\u201d that USPS police officers have been blocked from protecting postal employees and property. \u201cOur commonsense, bipartisan legislation would let brave postal police do their jobs without interference,\u201d said Rep. Pascrell. \u201cI thank Rep. Garbarino for his leadership in securing our Postal Service.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Postal Police Officers Association endorsed H.R. 5587, which has been referred for consideration to both the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Postal Police Reform Act of 2021, H.R. 5587<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n