V. Information for All Employees
This section offers tools that postmasters can use to help educate employees to do their jobs as safely as possible.
Give the following stand-up talk to your letter carriers. The talk focuses on the seriousness of dog bites, what carriers should do about a problem dog on their route, and what to do if a dog attacks. Also, let letter carriers know that you are supporting them by mailing out progressive warning letters to owners whose dogs are unrestrained. Sample warning letters are included in Part VI, for Postal Service Managers.
The true-or-false quiz “Are You an Unwary Visitor?” can educate letter carriers on proper behavior around dogs and is an interesting way to share important information. A letter carrier who knows the answers to the quiz is less likely to be a dog bite victim. Post the quiz, print it in a newsletter, or distribute it as a handout to your letter carriers and supervisors.
The Postal Service™ also offers a dog repellent spray for letter carriers. Publication 174, How to Avoid Dog Bites: Dogs and Dog repellent, describes the spray and its use. Information from that publication is included in this section. Post the information, publish it in a newsletter, or reproduce it as a handout for supervisors and carriers. Tell carriers how to obtain repellent.
Use the basic dog bite prevention rules for letter carriers on page 25 as a reinforcing stand-up talk or a posting.
