In response to learning that a constituent was robbed in the parking lot of a Washington, D.C. post office, Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, DC, proposed the Postal Facilities Security Camera Act, H.R. 3156. This legislation proposes that security cameras be installed at each post office facility across the country, both inside and out. The goal is to protect customers, employees, and property.
The legislation also provides for necessary funds to be appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury to carry out the Act.
Read Representative Norton’s Statement to Congress:
Statement of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
on the Introduction of the Postal Facilities Security Camera Act
May 9, 2023
I rise today to introduce the Postal Facilities Security Camera Act, which would require that, subject to appropriations, the United States Postal Service (USPS) install security cameras at each postal facility to protect USPS employees, customers and property.
Last year, I asked USPS to expand the use of security cameras at postal facilities in the District of Columbia and across the country after learning that a D.C. resident had recently been robbed in the parking lot of a post office in D.C. The parking lot was not monitored by a security camera. USPS responded that it was not financially feasible to install and maintain security cameras at every postal facility. This bill authorizes appropriations for security cameras at postal facilities.
USPS should have security cameras monitoring postal facilities–both inside and outside—to protect employees, customers and property. Security cameras can deter crime and assist in arrests and prosecutions.
I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.
Read the text of H.R. 3156 Here.