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Mail
Safety
This is a safety
alert coordinated between the Notre Dame Security Police and Risk
Management and Safety.
The University is
taking the following steps concerning the safety of mail on campus:
- We
are reviewing mail-handling procedures with all staff.
- Notre
Dame Security/Police has established a formal protocol for responding
to suspicious letters or packages.
- Mail
Distribution Center has provided various departments on campus information
regarding safe mail-handling procedures, that information is
provided below.
What
constitutes a "suspicious parcel?"
Some typical characteristics Postal Inspectors have detected over
the years, which ought to trigger suspicion, include parcels that:
- Are unexpected or from someone unfamiliar to you.
-
Are addressed to someone no longer with your organization or are
otherwise outdated.
- Have no return address, or have one that can't be verified
as legitimate.
- Are of unusual weight, given their size, or are lopsided
or oddly shaped.
- Are marked with restrictive endorsements, such as "Personal"
or "Confidential."
- Have protruding wires, strange odors or stains.
- Show a city or state in the postmark that doesn't match
the return address.
What
should I do if I've received a suspicious parcel in the mail?
- Do
not try to open the parcel! Isolate the parcel.
- Evacuate the immediate area.
- Call the Notre Dame Security/Police Department (631-5555)
to report that you've received a suspicious parcel.
- Do not handle the mail piece or package suspected of contamination.
- Make sure that damaged or suspicious packages are isolated
and the immediate area cordoned off.
- Ensure
that all persons who have touched the mail piece wash their hands
with soap and water.
- List
all persons who have touched the letter and/or envelope. Include
contact information.
- Place all items worn when in contact with the suspected
mail piece in plastic bags and keep them wherever you change your
clothes and have them available for law enforcement agents.
- As soon as practical, shower with soap and water.
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for more information:
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