Sunday, December 06, 2009
Age-enhanced photo of James J. Bulger, organized crime leader wanted for murder since 1999
Instead of seeing the baddest of the bad staring back, customers at a local post office are more likely to see the face of Frank Sinatra or Mickey Mouse on the wall. That’s because the U.S. Postal Service has ditched the longtime tradition of putting up the FBI’s 10 most wanted in favor of displays hocking everything from celebrity posters to greeting cards.
A postal employee for the Mid-America district told the Kansas City Star that most post offices still have information on the most wanted, only now it’s kept in binders that customers must request to see. Some customers, though, miss the most wanted when they go to buy stamps or mail a letter. “I kind of liked seeing Osama up there to remind me that we’re still looking for that dude,” said Mike Webb of Olathe. “They took down the clock, too. … I’m more interested in them speeding up the service than in their merchandising.”
-Noel Brinkerhoff
FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives Posters Rarely Found in U.S. Post Offices (by Lee Hill Kavanaugh, Kansas City Star)
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