WHAT:
As part of National Consumer Protection Week (March 6 - 12), local U.S. Postal Service officials will join the Kansas City office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and other local, state and federal law enforcement and consumer protection agencies, when they host a document-shredding event.

The event will focus on the importance of shredding confidential documents in an effort to prevent fraudulent activity. The shredding event is free and limited to members of the public only – no businesses.

Officials also will distribute DVDs and brochures warning against identity theft and fraudulent schemes, providing consumers with valuable information about protecting their financial assets from these types of crimes, as well as ways to report suspected financial fraud.

WHO:
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Postal Service, and local, state and federal law enforcement officials.

WHEN:
Monday, March 7, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

WHERE:
Metcalf South Shopping Center, located at 95th St. and Metcalf Ave.

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The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is one of the oldest federal law enforcement agencies in the country. For more than 200 years, Postal Inspectors have protected the U.S. Postal Service, secured the nation’s mail system, and ensured public trust in the mail. To learn more, visit postalinspectors.uspis.gov.

Please Note: For broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/welcome.htm.

A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.