After 2 1/2 months, Westwood Village has a drive-up/ride-up/walk-up mailbox again. It was damaged beyond usability in an early-September break-in; every time we’ve passed through WWV, we’ve been looking for a replacement to appear. Went through the center tonight for the first time in at least a few days, and just noticed the replacement is in place. It’s still a lot quicker than the year and a half the USPS took to replace its counterpart in The Junction,
Amazingly, it is close enough to reach from a car window! And, so far, there’s no pothole.
It’s nice to have one drive up box. I noticed people still regularly park in front of the box that was returned to the 98116 post office. One day someone parked there and there were postal vehicles parked in the other areas of the lot. So, the person that parked in front of the box, blocked leaving the lot through the marked exit. Often there’s plenty of street parking. So you can’t use the 98116 box as a drive up box. Please think of your neighbors in our thickly settled neighborhood. They haven’t increased the PO since the early 60s and the area has probably tripled in population.
I don’t understand the Post Office. Install a pair of bollards or big portable concrete blocks to help protect them.
Even if there are cameras focused on it, these professional thieves are well equipped to cut it open. Perhaps vibration sensors should be installed that blare an alarm if the box vibrates above what’s normal for opening and closing the drop-in doors. Or alarm sounds if the drop door is held open for more than 5 seconds. What did security footage show for the Sept damage / break-in? Post the pictures and the video – its a federal crime to damage US mail!
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