Police urge residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately
Montgomery Township Police is alerting residents to a rise in mail thefts in the township recently.
Police urge residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately.
Below are some recommendations and precautions from police to help avoid being a victim of mail theft:
- Check your mailbox often and avoid leaving mail in your unsecured residential mailbox.
- Bring sensitive, outgoing mail to the post office rather than leaving mail in your residential mailbox for pick-up.
- Consider a locking residential mailbox. There are many residential mailbox options that allow mail to be delivered to your home but require a key to retrieve the mail.
- Be careful about what you send. Don’t send cash in the mail.
- Report mail thefts to your local police department and the United States Postal Service.
- Consider requesting a vacation hold for your mail, even if you are only away for a few days.
- If you move, make sure you file a change of address with the Postal Service and let your financial institutions know as well.
- Sign up for informed delivery through the United States Postal Service. You will be notified of the mail you receive and will be aware of when sensitive mail arrives.
