![]() In fact, I have never heard of such a system. While I’m sure MyMultimedia was simply trying to be helpful, his/her response was inaccurate. If it didn’t have that circle if it locks, it wouldn’t be postmaster general approved!” The mailmans key has that circle, which works on all boxes. “ MyMultimedia (4 weeks ago) YES! In the middle of every locking mailbox, the keyhole has a circle that doesn’t belong on the mailbox owners key. “ obeseotters (1 month ago): ok so how does the mailman open it? does he have a key that works on all boxes?” But I now realize that for many people, the concept of a locking mailbox is quite novel, so I will take a few minutes to answer a question we are commonly asked: “Will my mail carrier need a key to deliver my mail to my new locking mailbox?” Living and breathing MailBoss mailboxes, I often take for granted that the average person will understand exactly how they work. I was thrilled to see that at the time of this posting we have over 30,000 views! Perusing the comment thread, I can see that there is a great deal of confusion about how your mail is delivered with a locking mailbox in general and the Mail Boss security mailbox specifically. NBC 5's Rob Stafford lives in one of the condo buildings that has been broken into using a master postal key.I was just looking at our Mail Boss locking security mailbox video on YouTube. “Do they have weapons, would it turn violent, get hurt? You don’t know what’s going to happen.” “If someone happened to walk down and see a mail carrier in the mailroom at 3:30 in the morning and thought it was suspicious, you don’t know how quickly that is going to escalate,” Hawley said. She said she’s grateful that no one walked in on the crime. Overnight when thefts are more likely to occur. We trust the USPS with packages and privileged mail delivery, and we have the highest expectations that Federal authorities will swiftly take corrective actions to prevent this from occurring again.”Īlicia Hawley, the Uptown resident and condominiumĪssociated president, said she wasn’t waiting for the government to take actionĪnd had Strong reprogram their locks to block the postal keys from working ![]() Postal Inspection Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “I'm thankful for the information these buildings are providing to the Chicago Police Department, U.S. “It's incredibly troubling that either a Federal Postal employee is using their work key to steal from the public, or that a key got into the hands of a criminal,” Cappleman added. Three properties that had their mail stolen from someone with a USPS master The area, said in a statement that his office was notified of at least two or NBC 5’s Rob Stafford Investigates.Ĥ6 th Ward Alderman James Cappleman, who represents The West Loop area in Chicago is considered one of the hottest neighborhoods on the edges of downtown, but a recent rash of burglaries at several apartments has residents alarmed. Security system like he does in most residential buildings, but added an oldįashioned lock to give postal carriers access to old fashioned keys that Strong installed the condo buildings’ state of the art “About one month ago it became a real problem where people were demanding us to fix their problem immediately,” said Strong, of Ashland Security Lock and Security Solutions. Receiving calls about the postal thefts six months ago. #Usps mailbox master key professional#Security professional Seth Strong said that he first started That night and just grab it instead of fish it out of every mailbox.” “Sheĭropped off the mail and left it there, and they were able to come in later “We’ve never had that happen before,” Hawley said. ![]() Hawley said the burglary was especially suspicious because, after reviewing footage from the building’s surveillance cameras, she saw a mail carrier dropped off a bag of mail the day before without putting it into individual mailboxes, which Hawley thought made it easier to steal. It tells me it was a coordinated effort.that it was planned, and they knew what they were doing.” “Three minutes, from start to finish,” said Hawley, the president of her condo association. Quick postal thieves got in and out of her condo building. Uptown resident Alicia Hawley says she can’t believe how ![]()
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