ELM Revision: Work Clothes and Uniforms

Effective immediately, the Employee and Labor Relations Manual (ELM) 933.4 is revised to add the mock turtleneck and the baseball cap to type 4 uniform items, which are worn by security force police officers.

Employment and Labor Relations Manual (ELM)

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9 Labor Relations

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930 Work Clothes and Uniforms

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933 Authorized Uniform Items and Combinations

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933.4 Type 4 Uniform Items

Type 4 uniforms are worn by security force police officers.

[Revise the table to read as follows:]

 

Items for Men

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Rank insignia

Sergeant — embroidered or enameled stripes, blue, white, and black; Lieutenant — single gold metal bar; Captain — two connecting gold metal bars; Colonel — gold eagle

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Uniform shirt (Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel)

Long- or short-sleeve, postal security white

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T-shirt

Crew neck, moisture management, ribbed, solid jersey, or mesh, white, and postal security dark blue

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Accessories

Sweater, commando style, postal security dark blue; turtleneck, mock turtleneck1, dickie with postal police embroidered on neck, silver1; belt, black; gloves, black

Headgear

Cap (uniform fabric), postal security dark blue; fur trooper cap, postal blue, baseball cap with postal police badge embroidered in silver2

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1 Turtleneck and mock turtleneck must be worn with long sleeve shirt or sweater. Turtleneck, mock turtleneck, and dickie available in moisture management.

2 Baseball caps may be worn only by craft employees when autho­rized by the Inspector-in-Charge, except that they may not be worn while working a fixed post.

 

Items for Women

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Rank insignia

Sergeant — embroidered or enameled stripes, blue, white, and black; Lieutenant — single gold metal bar; Captain — two connecting gold metal bars; Colonel — gold eagle

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Uniform shirt (Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel)

Long- or short-sleeve, postal security white

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T-shirt

Crew neck, moisture management, ribbed, solid jersey, or mesh, white, and postal security dark blue

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Accessories

Sweater, commando style, postal security dark; turtleneck, mock turtleneck1, dickie with postal police embroidered on neck, silver1; belt, black; gloves, black

Headgear

Wave-style hat, postal security dark blue; fur trooper cap, postal blue; baseball cap with postal police badge embroidered in silver2

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1 Turtleneck and mock turtleneck must be worn with long sleeve shirt or sweater. Turtleneck, mock turtleneck, and dickie available in moisture management.

2 Baseball caps may be worn only by craft employees when autho­rized by the Inspector-in-Charge, except that they may not be worn while working a fixed post.

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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the ELM and into the next online update, avail­able on the Postal Service™ PolicyNet Web site:

(The direct URL for the Postal Service PolicyNet Web site is http://blue.usps.gov/cpim.)

The ELM is also available on the Postal Service Internet:

  • Go to www.usps.com.
  • Click All Products & Services, then Publications, then Postal Periodicals and Publications, and then Manuals.