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73 Access to the Mail and Postal Service Facilities

Applicants will not be allowed access to the mail or Postal Service facilities under the following circumstances:

  1. If they are the subject of an outstanding warrant.
  2. If they have been convicted of illegally using, possessing, selling, or transferring controlled substances within the past 5 years.
  3. If they have been convicted of a felony criminal charge within the past 5 years.
  4. If they have been convicted of offenses involving dishonesty, moral turpitude, financial gain, or assault within the past 5 years.
  5. If they are on parole, probation, under a suspended sentence, or have pending charges for any criminal activity listed in items b, c, or d.
  6. If they have an established pattern of criminal conduct that could undermine the efficiency of the Postal Service or the safety of its employees.
  7. If they have been convicted of, under investigation for, or under indictment for stealing mail or other postal crimes.

Note: Other postal crimes may include a cease and desist order for mail fraud activity, a temporary restraining order, or a final restraining order for mail fraud activity.

Applicants may not be allowed access to the mail or to Postal Service facilities if the Postal Service is unable to obtain results from a criminal history inquiry through local agencies (in this preferred order: state, county, city) where the applicant resided and was employed during the 5-year period before submitting the application.

If the applicant is not a U.S. citizen, he or she must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must have resided continuously in the United States for 5 years before submitting an application. The applicant must include his or her resident alien number in Block 19c on PS Form 2025, Contract Personnel Questionnaire. The Postal Service will not grant an applicant access to the mail or to Postal Service facilities if a full 5-year criminal history cannot be obtained for the applicant.

The inspector in charge of Security and Crime Prevention may consider exceptions on a case-by-case basis.




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