Suspicious Mail Emergency Procedures
Adapted from the United States Post OfficeDownload a mail security poster from the USPS.
If you receive a suspicious letter of package
- Handle with care. Don’t shake or bump.
- Isolate it immediately.
- Don’t open, smell, touch, or taste.
- Treat it as suspect. Call Public Safety at 7-2222.
- No return address
- Restrictive markings
- Sealed with tape
- Misspelled words
- Addressed to title only
- Incorrect title
- Badly typed or written
- Oily stains, discolorations, or crystallization on wrapper
- Strange odor
- Excessive tape
- Rigid or bulky
- Lopsided or uneven
- A Bomb
- Evacuate immediately.
- Call Public Safety at 7-2222.
- Person in charge should contact Postal Inspectors.
- A Radiological threat
- Limit exposure — don’t handle.
- Evacuate area.
- Shield yourself from object.
- Call Public Safety at 7-2222.
- Person in charge should contact Postal Inspectors.
- A Biological or Chemical threat
- Isolate — don’t handle.
- Evacuate immediate area.
- Wash your hands with soap and warm water.
- Call Public Safety at 7-2222.
- Person in charge should contact Postal Inspectors.