{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-urges-postal-service-expand-use-security-cameras-postal-facilities-dc", "Norton Urges Postal Service to Expand Use of Security Cameras at Postal Facilities in D.C. and Across the Country", "2022-12-14", "2022", "2022-12", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter urging |the United States Postal Service (USPS) to expand the use of security cameras at postal facilities in the District of Columbia and across the country. Norton sent the letter after learning a D.C. resident was recently robbed in the parking lot of the 12th Street NE post office in D.C., a facility whose parking lot is not monitored by security cameras.\n\n\u201cUSPS should have security cameras monitoring its facilities\u2014both inside and outside\u2014to protect employees, customers and property,\u201d Norton wrote. \u201cSecurity cameras can deter crime and assist in the arrest and prosecution of perpetrators.\u201d\n\nNorton has taken several steps this Congress to address mail-related crime, including introducing a bill that would clarify the authority of Postal Police Officers to protect mail, postal property, and postal employees, and meeting with the USPS Chief Postal Inspector.\n\nThe letter follows.\n\nDecember 13, 2022\n\nLouis DeJoy\n\nPostmaster General and CEO\n\nUnited States Postal Service\n\n475 L\u2019Enfant Plaza SW\n\nWashington, DC 20260\n\nDear Postmaster General DeJoy:\n\nI write to urge the United States Postal Service (USPS) to expand the use of security cameras at postal facilities in the District of Columbia and across the country. USPS should have security cameras monitoring its facilities\u2014both inside and outside\u2014to protect employees, customers and property. Security cameras can deter crime and assist in the arrest and prosecution of perpetrators. I understand that a D.C. resident was recently robbed in the parking lot of the post office at 3401 12th Street NE in D.C., and that there are no security cameras monitoring that parking lot.\n\nI ask for a written response addressing the concerns about this D.C. post office and postal facilities nationally by December 27, 2022.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-urges-postal-service-expand-use-security-cameras-postal-facilities-dc"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9861625730991364, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}