Surveillance video shows bags of USPS mail being dumped in Glendale spa parking lot

[WhiteTara]

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/bags-of-usps-mail-dumped-in-glendale-spa-parking-lot/

Piles of mail were found in two separate locations in Glendale Thursday morning, including one incident where a rented truck was captured on surveillance video dumping bags of unopened letters and packages in the parking lot of a business.

The first incident was reported at 7:30 a.m., in the 1000 block of Allen Avenue, according to Glendale Police Department Sgt. Christian Hauptmann.

Roughly two hours later, police received another call regarding dumped mail, this time behind a business in the 1600 block of Glenoaks Boulevard, according to Hauptmann.

It was the second reported incident — outside 7Q Spa Laser & Aesthetics — where surveillance video captured the moment a rented truck dumped bags of unopened mail and took off.

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More U.S. mail was found in an alley less than a mile away from the spa, according to police. It was not immediately clear whether both piles were dumped by the same truck.

Postal Service investigators are looking into the dumping incidents, Glendale police said.

[louis-t]

1. Bloody Hell!

What is going on? Who ordered this done, I would like to know.

[haele]

48. Contractors, most likely. USPS has both truck and letter tracking when handling their deliveries.

DeJoy's USPS probably isn't paying them overtime anymore, most likely. Postal union protects mail delivery people returning with undelivered mail, but contractors will be required to return with no deliverable mail in their (rented) trucks.

All it takes is one slacker to apply for minimally regulated contract delivery work to be able to get paid while "hanging out" and a bunch of mail gets dumped before his or her shift ends.

Haele

[Squinch]

2. Vote in person or drop off your ballot.

[BComplex]

9. Nobody should be voting by mail this time. Put on your mask and hit the street.

[oldsoftie]

16. I posted an OP saying that & many didnt care for it.

You said it all.
Put on the mask, go vote.

[Totally Tunsie]

34. See #33 below.

[Totally Tunsie]

33. Not everyone can.

For some, that is a painful and arduous task.

Walk a mile...

[BComplex]

36. And I understand that and sympathize. I've written many posts asking volunteers to bring chairs

to the voting lines so that people with bad backs/knees/health issues would be able to sit as they move in the line.

If there are health issues, that is what absentee and vote by mail ballots are especially for. The problem is the post office shenanigans at this point in time.

I guess I should have said that anyone who CAN vote in person needs to put on their mask and hit the street.

[oldsoftie]

43. I'm sure he meant everyone who is able. Certainly some folks have serious issues to deal with.

I have a couple friends who would fit that description. They have a tough road every day.

[Squinch]

46. For many, dropping off the ballot is no more painful or arduous than dropping it in a mailbox.

[Totally Tunsie]

54. I was deleting my post as you were posting yours.

The original person I was responding to - BComplex - said in their post "NOBODY should be voting by mail this time". I merely pointed out that's not necessarily possible, that some of us HAVE to vote by mail.

[Qutzupalotl]

55. My state is all vote-by-mail

as are several others. Oregon has just a 20-day window before the election when the ballots are sent out. In most years, that’s plenty of time. This year, I worry I won’t receive one before election day.

I plan to use one of the many drop boxes they have set up for us rather than mailing it back...assuming I get it.

[SheltieLover]

11. This!👆

[yaesu]

24. Last few weeks I have been receiving and shipping packages from all over the country

all have made it to their destination on time, used priority and first class. I remember hearing over the years about bags of mail being dumped here and there for whatever reason. USPS is under attack, there is no doubt, but I believe the vast majority of mail is getting through and I plan on using them for shipping and voting.

[W_HAMILTON]

3. WTF?!

[Nevilledog]

4. WTAF?

[2naSalit]

5. Someone needs to be arrested right fucking now...

And his name is louis.

[Enterstageleft]

6. Capital punishment

No!

But I'd make an exception for ANYONE interfering in a election. ANYONE!!!!

[oasis]

7. It's getting crazy people!

[SharonClark]

8. That does it. I'm taking my absentee ballot directly to the auditor's office.

[SheltieLover]

12. Good!

[BComplex]

18. Then just go vote in person instead.

Get your mask on, some gloves if you can, and go vote in person. Then right there you know you voted and they got it.

[groundloop]

10. What comes to mind is an unscrupulous contractor trying to make a fast buck

Hard to say without more facts, but the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of tRump and DeJoy and the way they've run the USPS.

[LiberalFighter]

35. Considering the situation I wouldn't doubt it.

Private contractors should not be handling the mail. It will cost more.

[SheltieLover]

13. K&R!

[sinkingfeeling]

14. This MF45 criminal syndicate needs to be stopped NOW!!

[SheltieLover]

15. Absolutely!

Right. Now!

[oldsoftie]

17. Shit like this isnt new. Just Google "mailman accused of dumping mail"

Lots of history.

[ybbor]

23. Seinfeld had an episode about it

[oldsoftie]

44. I forgot about that episode!

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. This kind of shit is supposed to happen in 3rd world countries

not here. We have sunken so low.

[kentuck]

20. WTH?!

is this about?

That should give everyone confidence in mailing in their ballot.

[rainin]

21. It occurs to me that this is part of the campaign to scare people away from voting

by mail. Machines are hackable. tRump can't win if we vote by mail

[2naSalit]

26. Exactly.

[Captain Zero]

31. Glad I'm not the only one who thinks they do know exactly how to hack in the states they need

nt

[ecstatic]

39. +1000. nt

[uponit7771]

47. +1, they are pressing REALLY hard on this issue

[crickets]

22. This is enraging. Why is DeJoy still holding his job?

Trace the rental, find out who paid for it. Identify the driver, the company responsible, and those responsible for the hire. Follow the money and the paper trail. Nail every one of the SOBs.

[SheltieLover]

30. This!👆

[jalan48]

25. Are the workers being directed to do this? If they are doing it own their own they've just lost

their government job and pension.

[bluestarone]

52. I have same question

Somehow i feel that SOME of our postal workers are against Joe. (small amount but) WE really need to watch the tossup states CLOSELY!!!!

[SunSeeker]

27. This is so fucked up. Fire DeJoy!!

[Joinfortmill]

28. DeJoy needs to he hauled back to Congress

[calimary]

29. O. M. G. !!!!!!

[BadgerMom]

32. I'm voting early in person for the first election in years.

This crap is too easy for those jerks.

[BigmanPigman]

37. Putin is SOOOOOOOO happy right now.

[kacekwl]

38. Sounds fishy to me. Even if it was private contractor

why dump in a place sure to be noticed right away. Someone wanted everyone to see this. Why ?

[scarletwoman]

41. "Someone wanted everyone to see this. Why?" To make people more afraid to vote by mail, that's why.

They wanted the dumping to be noticed in order to sow distrust in the USPS.

[kacekwl]

49. Shouldn't be hard to figure out who

was in the trucks and who ordered the dumping. You can't just pull up to the post office grab a shitload of mail and go off with it. Love to know who's responsible.

[Akacia]

40. well I will vote and drop it in the ballot drop off box.

I would not trust in-person voting cause I would worry that the machines can be messed with and change votes. Isn`t that why Trump is freaking out so much about mail voting since machines can`t be rigged?

[oldsoftie]

45. But arent ballots dropped off would be scanned thru the same equipment?

[Akacia]

50. The collection boxes are not postal boxes. They are in front of our County courthouse and have

nothing to do with the post office. Unfortunately I do not think every community in every State has these boxes. I live in Washington State which is a vote by mail State anyway. I love it.

[live love laugh]

42. That can lead to imprisonment. Hope they're caught. nt