Mail carriers are increasingly becoming the targets of robberies and armed robberies.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service reported 261 robberies in 2021 alone, according to a public records request obtained by NBC News. In 2018, there were 80. Armed robberies went from 36 to 154.
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