Identifying Suspicious Items

• Look closely around your work area when you arrive for work. This will help you if you are asked to identify unusual or suspicious items later.
• Report potential safety or security problems to a CSO.
• Be on the lookout for anything unusual, particularly packages or large items seemingly left behind or thrown out. Note time and location of anything odd.

Suspicious Mail Tips:

• No return address or insufficient postage
• Is addressee familiar with name and address of sender?
• Is addressee expecting package or letter? If so, verify contents
• Return address and postmark are not from same area
• Wrapped in brown paper with twine
• Grease stains or discoloration on paper or strange odors
• Foreign Mail, Air Mail and Special Delivery
• Restrictive markings such as "Confidential" or "Personal"
• Excessive postage
• Excessive weight
• Hand written or poorly typed addresses
• Incorrect titles or titles but no names
• Misspellings of common words
• Rigid envelope
• Lopsided or uneven envelope
• Protruding wires or tinfoil
• Excessive securing material such as masking tape or string