The U.S. Postal Service reported 6,755 dog attacks on postal employees nationwide in 2016, more than 200 above the prior year. In its April 6, 2017 release, the agency highlighted technology already embedded in its delivery workflow: customers scheduling package pickups could report dogs at an address, and that information appeared on carriers’ scanners. The scanners also let carriers flag a dog at an address and receive real-time updates about unleashed dogs reported in a delivery area. USPS said the address-level information was especially useful to substitute carriers covering another worker’s route. The release tied these measures to National Dog Bite Prevention Week, emphasizing that route safety depended not only on training but also on making hazard information visible to the person approaching a home. [story-s1]
Source documents
- U.S. Postal Service Releases Annual Dog Attack City Rankingshttps://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_016.htm