Dog attacks on USPS employees fell in 2025

[Ruralinfo]

There were around 5,200 reported dog attacks on Postal Service employees in 2025, down from around 6,000 the year before, according to data released this week as part of the USPS National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign.

Dog attacks on USPS employees fell in 2025 - Ruralinfo.net

There were around 5,200 reported dog attacks on Postal Service employees in 2025, down from around 6,000 the year before, according to data released this week…

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[Gotrope]

Mostly because carriers are taking the discipline and forcing mgmt to fix the delivery problem or bypass it.
In California, I spoke with a major nalc steward not long ago. He said carriers are flat out driving past known bad houses. They get issued discipline. Nalc gets it expunged. Rinse and repeat. Even the customers who call media to shame USPS aren't getting the results they hoped for. Nalc calls the station and explains why a carrier is refusing delivery with stats to back it.

 

[Gotrope]

Mostly because carriers are taking the discipline and forcing mgmt to fix the delivery problem or bypass it.
In California, I spoke with a major nalc steward not long ago. He said carriers are flat out driving past known bad houses. They get issued discipline. Nalc gets it expunged. Rinse and repeat. Even the customers who call media to shame USPS aren't getting the results they hoped for. Nalc calls the station and explains why a carrier is refusing delivery with stats to back it.

Edit: he actually called to ask about rrecs and route consolidation as USPS is looking to lose real estate there and running some trial similar to engineering standards collection from what they can tell. That is in a major metropolitan area.