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Surge in letter carrier attacks spark call to reinstate postal police patrols
Read full article: Surge in letter carrier attacks spark call to reinstate postal police patrolsA sharp rise in crimes targeting U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers, and mailboxes themselves has sparked renewed calls to restore the jurisdiction and street presence of Postal Police Officers (PPO).
Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandal
Read full article: Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandalFujitsu, the company whose faulty computer accounting system resulted in the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office branch managers across the U.K., has apologized to the victims for its role in the country’s biggest ever miscarriage of justice and said it was long aware that the software had bugs.
UK Post Office scandal: Parliamentary committee seeks to speed up compensation for victims
Read full article: UK Post Office scandal: Parliamentary committee seeks to speed up compensation for victimsLawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices and are questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu.
Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned
Read full article: Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturnedBritain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 900 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system.
Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictions
Read full article: Ex-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictionsThe former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office is handing back a royal honor in response to fury over her role in a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft.
UK Post Office inquiry hears from workers wrongfully accused
Read full article: UK Post Office inquiry hears from workers wrongfully accusedA public inquiry is examining the wrongful convictions of hundreds of British postal workers who were accused of theft, fraud or false accounting because of a faulty computer system.