


nwLTJHqNyX- Jonathan Badeen August 16, 2020Īnother Twitter user shared a picture of a locked mailbox from Seattle, Washington, writing alongside it: "This lock is obviously specifically designed for a mailbox. Don’t know if it’s more widespread now but it’s nothing new. This isn't part of the purge," the user wrote.īefore you freak out about locked USPS boxes, here is a pic I took of the same thing on February 17th, 2020 outside the North Hollywood post office after hours. These mailboxes are open on the other side, you just have to get out of your car to mail them. One method was the fitting of red locking caps like the ones seen in Davila's picture, while another method was to weld the drop-down door of boxes and replace them with a single slot so letters can be pushed in one at a time.Īnother Twitter user noted that the mailboxes in Burbank had slots that were open on the other side, so mail could still be deposited. She also shared a 2016 article from the Los Angeles Daily News, which reported that officials in the San Fernando Valley had been retrofitting mailboxes to make them tamper proof due to a rise in mail theft. I showed him that there were slots on the other side (I have no idea why I called them holes like english was my 13th language). There was a guy taking photos because he saw the inaccurate post on Twitter.
