UPDATE to original report, following response from USPS Corporate Communications : However neighbors across Dana Point disagreed. and as early as 7 a.m., they said.Ī spokesperson from that branch told Patch that the federal government hopes the new locking mailboxes 'will ensure an end to mail theft.' When asked, the spokesperson told Patch no mail theft had ever occurred at this location. The first employee of the day will unlock it upon their morning arrival.
The process for the locking mechanism is for the last postal worker of the day to lock up the outside drop box as they leave.
The locking collection box is a 'new type of security measure' employed at this location upon 'a directive from the federal government,' a spokesperson told Patch. To answer his question, Patch went to the Del Prado branch. 'I couldn't place mail in the outside box.' 'It was taped off/closed on Sunday,' resident David Martinez told Patch. He found that box locked, unable to accept his outgoing letter. Recently, Patch learned of a resident attempting to drop mail in the outside collection box at the Del Prado Avenue branch.
