LA leads nation in canine assaults on mail carriers – NBC Los Angeles

Los Angeles led all U.S. cities within the variety of canine assaults on U.S. Postal Service carriers in 2024, based on figures launched Thursday to mark the start of the company’s annual USPS Nationwide Canine Bit Consciousness Marketing campaign.

In keeping with the USPS, there have been greater than 6,000 canine assaults on Postal Service staff final yr, with Los Angeles logging essentially the most of any U.S. metropolis at 77.

Houston had the second-most at 65, adopted by Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. San Diego ranked ninth on the listing with 35.

California had essentially the most reported canine assaults of any state, with 701. The subsequent closest state was Texas at 438.

“One of the best ways to maintain secure from canine assaults is to acknowledge and promote the duty of pet possession, akin to educating your canine applicable conduct and instructions and never permitting your canine to roam freely. All
canine, no matter breed, measurement or age, have the potential to chunk,” Leeann Theriault, USPS worker security and well being consciousness supervisor, stated in an announcement. “Canine chunk assaults on postal staff are preventable. Crucial message for our prospects to recollect in the course of the 2025 USPS Nationwide Canine Chunk Consciousness Marketing campaign is hold your canine secured and away from the provider because the mail is being delivered. Assist guarantee the security of everybody in our communities.”

USPS officers urged pet house owners to make sure their canine are secured earlier than mail carriers method. The company famous that if a mail provider feels threatened, postal service to the residence might be suspended, requiring house owners to gather their mail at a put up workplace.

Pet house owners have been additionally urged to by no means settle for mail from a mail provider within the presence of a canine, and kids ought to by no means take mail immediately from a provider, as a result of the animal could view the provider as a risk to the kid.

Mail carriers are skilled on easy methods to deal with animal interactions and to determine potential harmful conditions, based on the USPS.