The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) finally released its FY2024 Annual Report in January 2026 — more than 15 months after the fiscal year ended.
That’s not a minor administrative delay. It’s a transparency failure.
Postal customers and policymakers are being asked to trust a federal law-enforcement agency that could not timely report its own performance — during the worst postal crime wave in modern history. And despite the glossy presentation and “good news” statistics — like a 27% drop in letter carrier robberies and a 20% downtick in mail theft complaints — the underlying numbers tell a much different story.
USPIS has prioritized reactive investigations over proactive prevention, allowing known vulnerabilities to fester while criminals exploit the mail system with near impunity. This isn’t about mail thieves suddenly becoming criminal masterminds. It’s about policy choices. Prevention was sidelined. Deterrence was dismantled. And the public is paying the price. The cost of those choices is no longer abstract.
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