MILWAUKEE, WI — The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Postal Service and PROSHRED will kick-off National Consumer Protection Week by hosting a free Shred Day Event on Tuesday, March 4.
Consumers and businesses are invited to stop by the Milwaukee Main Post Office at 345 West St. Paul Avenue from 9 a.m. to 12 noon to shred their unwanted documents. Limit three reasonably sized boxes/bags per person. Customers may drive up and park in the customer lot of the Main Post Office. They will then have their shredding material placed into a movable bin and be invited inside.
“We are pleased to partner with the Postal Inspection Service to help our customers discard unwanted documents safely and securely,” said Milwaukee Postmaster Easton Wright. “This is an easy way for customers to go through their old files and shred unwanted documents.”
During the event, representatives from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service will be available to answer questions about consumer protection scams and Identity Theft. “This year we’re focusing on sweepstakes scams and want to help customers know what is a legitimate sweepstakes and what is not,” said Postal Inspector Brian Haraway. “An educated public is the first line of defense and that’s why we are here – to help people become better consumers.”
The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for six years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation: 152 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 more than 31,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $65 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 42nd in the 2012 Fortune 500. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency for seven years and the fourth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
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