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{{Organization | |OrganizationName=Postal Inspection Service | ||
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|OrganizationType=Independent Agencies (Sub-organization) | |OrganizationType=Independent Agencies (Sub-organization) | ||
|Mission=The United States Postal Inspection Service protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, and its customers from criminal activities involving the mail. It enforces over 200 federal laws, focusing on preventing and solving crimes that can impact postal operations and public safety. | |Mission=The United States Postal Inspection Service protects the U.S. Postal Service, its employees, and its customers from criminal activities involving the mail. It enforces over 200 federal laws, focusing on preventing and solving crimes that can impact postal operations and public safety. | ||
| | |ParentOrganization=United States Postal Service | ||
|CreationLegislation=Assigned responsibilities under various federal statutes; no specific founding legislation | |||
|Employees=2500 | |Employees=2500 | ||
|Budget=$800M (FY 2023) | |Budget=$800M (FY 2023) | ||
| | |OrganizationExecutive=Chief Postal Inspector | ||
|Services=Investigation of mail theft; Fraud prevention; Protection of postal employees; Narcotics enforcement; Cybercrime investigation | |Services=Investigation of mail theft; Fraud prevention; Protection of postal employees; Narcotics enforcement; Cybercrime investigation | ||
|Regulations=Enforces postal-related federal crimes including mail fraud, mail theft, and prohibitions against mailing certain items | |Regulations=Enforces postal-related federal crimes including mail fraud, mail theft, and prohibitions against mailing certain items | ||
|HeadquartersLocation=38. | |HeadquartersLocation=38.88393, -77.02656 | ||
|HeadquartersAddress=475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260, USA | |HeadquartersAddress=475 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20260, USA | ||
|Website=https://www.uspis.gov/ | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{short description|Federal law enforcement agency}} | |||
{{Infobox law enforcement agency | {{Infobox law enforcement agency | ||
| agencyname = United States Postal Inspection Service | | agencyname = United States Postal Inspection Service | ||
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===National Forensic Laboratory=== | ===National Forensic Laboratory=== | ||
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service first established a [[crime lab]] in 1940.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book |first=Suzanne |last=Bell |date=2008 |title=Crime and Circumstance: Investigating the History of Forensic Science |location=[[Westport, Connecticut]] |publisher=[[Praeger Publishers|Praeger]] |page=107 |isbn=978-0-31335-386-4}}</ref> Today, the National Forensic Laboratory is located in [[Dulles, Virginia]]<ref name="LabUSPSIS">{{cite web |url=https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/aboutus/lab.aspx |title=Forensic Laboratory Services |website=U.S. Postal Inspection Service |access-date=November 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123091437/https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/aboutus/lab.aspx |archive-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref> in a two-story, 44,000-square-foot facility.<ref name="Goudarzi">{{cite web |url=http://www.labmanager.com/research-specific-labs/2012/01/perspective-on-a-forenics-lab |title=Perspective On: A Forensics Lab |first=Sara |last=Goudarzi |date=January 20, 2012 |website=Lab Manager}}</ref> The lab is staffed by forensic scientists and technical experts and consists of four units: the Questioned Documents Unit, the Fingerprint Unit, the Physical Sciences Unit, and the Digital Evidence Unit.<ref name="LabUSPSIS" /> The laboratory is overseen by a laboratory director, and each of the four units is overseen by an assistant laboratory director.<ref name="Goudarzi" /> There are also four satellite offices, located in [[New York City|New York]], | The U.S. Postal Inspection Service first established a [[crime lab]] in 1940.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book |first=Suzanne |last=Bell |date=2008 |title=Crime and Circumstance: Investigating the History of Forensic Science |location=[[Westport, Connecticut]] |publisher=[[Praeger Publishers|Praeger]] |page=107 |isbn=978-0-31335-386-4}}</ref> Today, the National Forensic Laboratory is located in [[Dulles, Virginia]]<ref name="LabUSPSIS">{{cite web |url=https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/aboutus/lab.aspx |title=Forensic Laboratory Services |website=U.S. Postal Inspection Service |access-date=November 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123091437/https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/aboutus/lab.aspx |archive-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref> in a two-story, 44,000-square-foot facility.<ref name="Goudarzi">{{cite web |url=http://www.labmanager.com/research-specific-labs/2012/01/perspective-on-a-forenics-lab |title=Perspective On: A Forensics Lab |first=Sara |last=Goudarzi |date=January 20, 2012 |website=Lab Manager}}</ref> The lab is staffed by forensic scientists and technical experts and consists of four units: the Questioned Documents Unit, the Fingerprint Unit, the Physical Sciences Unit, and the Digital Evidence Unit.<ref name="LabUSPSIS" /> The laboratory is overseen by a laboratory director, and each of the four units is overseen by an assistant laboratory director.<ref name="Goudarzi" /> There are also four satellite offices, located in [[New York City|New York]], Chicago, [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], and San Francisco.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Dorothy Moses |last=Schultz |chapter=U.S. Postal Inspection Service |editor1-last=Sullivan |editor1-first=Larry E. |editor2-last=Rosen |editor2-first=Marie Simonetti |date=2005 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement |volume=1 |location=[[Thousand Oaks, California]] |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |page=884 |isbn=978-0-76192-649-8}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Postal Police Patch.jpg|thumb|147x147px|Postal Police Patch]] | [[File:Postal Police Patch.jpg|thumb|147x147px|Postal Police Patch]] | ||
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== Campaigns and programs == | == Campaigns and programs == | ||
For more than 150 years, postal inspectors have pursued criminals who use the mail to defraud victims. Their experience with fraud investigations has encompassed many types of schemes from the most simple to highly complex, international frauds. [[Fraud]] is a crime that can be reduced or prevented by educating the general public and specific groups, such as the elderly and military veterans. Accordingly, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has conducted numerous crime prevention campaigns over the years. The following list has been compiled for historical reference.[[File:2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility belonging to the US Postal Police, NYC.jpg|thumb|Postal Police vehicle in | For more than 150 years, postal inspectors have pursued criminals who use the mail to defraud victims. Their experience with fraud investigations has encompassed many types of schemes from the most simple to highly complex, international frauds. [[Fraud]] is a crime that can be reduced or prevented by educating the general public and specific groups, such as the elderly and military veterans. Accordingly, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has conducted numerous crime prevention campaigns over the years. The following list has been compiled for historical reference.[[File:2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility belonging to the US Postal Police, NYC.jpg|thumb|Postal Police vehicle in New York City, a 2016 [[Ford Explorer]]]]'''Active Crime Prevention Campaigns:''' | ||
=== International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI) === | === International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators (IAFCI) === | ||