Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night...

[5711-Marine]

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

But crime will...

Most Dangerous Block In U.S.? Mail Delivery Halted
Post Office Requests Police Escort After Violence Stops Service For Two Weeks
Reporting
Dana Kozlov
HARVEY, Ill. (CBS) ― Dozens of mailboxes remain empty after the post office suspends service in one south suburban neighborhood. Some people get angry when their mail is late. But in Harvey, people have been waiting for days and days. They're not getting any mail at all. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports that one mail carrier in Harvey feels threatened.

The U.S. Post Office seems to think that this is one of the most dangerous blocks in the country. People who live on it say they haven't gotten any mail delivered to their homes in almost two weeks.

Venus Jones is one of them.

"Between robberies and shootings and delayed police response, several things going on, that would make it unsafe," said Harvey resident Venus Jones.

One of those shootings on the morning of October 10th reportedly happened yards away from the mail carrier. That's when the mail stopped on Marshfield between 151st and 152nd streets, but the post office didn't tell anyone.

"Some of the people didn't even know that it was being held at the post office," Jones said.

Now Jones, who says her own home has been broken into three times in 30 days is talking to her neighbors about the mail problem and what should happen next.

Jones says someone from the post office told her they were going to put a cluster box for mail at the corner of 152nd and Marshfield. But she says that's not a good idea.

"We have a lot of elderly people, a lot of older people that's working, and for us to have to go to that corner to pick up our mail, that's unsafe for us," Jones said.

But Harvey spokesperson Sandra Alvarado says just today the postal service requested a police officer meet a mail carrier tomorrow. But lots of residents say the bigger issue here is a lax police department.

"It's something that we will look into. We take every complaint very seriously," Alvarado said. "We want to make sure that our residents feel safe."

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[RocketFoot]

Maybe of Obama and his merry band of clowns allowed firearms in Illinois, the people could take back their neighborhood from the hoodlums!

[nijwnfi]

Neither snow, rain etc is a thing of the past for some carriers, not all I'm sure. Whoever delivers mail where I work refuses to deliver if a truck(not ours) is parked in front of the mailbox. We're in a cul de sac that trucks will park in at times. Sorry to hijack, this popped into my head when I read this post.

[5711-Marine]

Maybe of Obama and his merry band of clowns allowed firearms in Illinois, the people could take back their neighborhood from the hoodlums!

There you go stating the obvious again...

[RocketFoot]

There you go stating the obvious again...

Sorry, I don't know what came over me! I guess I won't make a good little Obama Sheeple!

[NY Refugee]

I don't believe this story, it has to be BS. Everyone knows that the great one Obama cleaned up Illinois before being appoint all high and mighty one.

[Asterix909]

I don't believe this story, it has to be BS. Everyone knows that the great one Obama cleaned up Illinois before being appoint all high and mighty one.

Exactly. Its all obviously lies. How could there be shootings with such great gun control?

[imperialism2024]

Neither snow, rain etc is a thing of the past for some carriers, not all I'm sure. Whoever delivers mail where I work refuses to deliver if a truck(not ours) is parked in front of the mailbox. We're in a cul de sac that trucks will park in at times. Sorry to hijack, this popped into my head when I read this post.

Postal policy, not at the discretion of the mail carrier. If there is a clear path to the mailbox, we are to get out and deliver it, but we are instructed not to try to get mail into a mailbox that is blocked by a vehicle. Apparently the line of thinking is that it is a liability, as a mail carrier could fall on the vehicle and cause damage that the postal service would need to pay...

Anyhow, I always heard that carriers in poorer and more crime-ridden neighborhoods tend to get left alone, and actually treated pretty well, because they bring the welfare checks. Piss off the mailmen, and those checks may suddenly start getting there late, or getting lost in the mail...