Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The plan is not finished when routine procedures are implemented. It must
include procedures for an emergency situation. When a piece of mail has
been determined to be suspicious, the primary concern should be your per-
sonal safety and the safety of other employees. Remember, your job ends
when you discover a suspicious package. At that point, the responsibility
belongs to law enforcement professionals who train for this kind of situation.
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When You Discover a Suspicious Letter or Package:
Remain calm.
Set the item down.
Don't move the item or carry it outside.
Evacuate the area.
Notify security, management.
Notify law enforcement.
too, the lack of a return address. The
package may very well be legitimate
and pose no risk at all. However, an
effective and well-operated screening
system would certainly identify this
package as deserving of additional
attention.
Mail bombs, unfortunately, do
not require a great deal of sophistica-
tion to build and send. Exhibit 11.3
is a photograph of a very simple
explosive device and trigger system.
Packed with nails and screws, such a
device becomes an extremely deadly
weapon that can shower a large area
with shrapnel.
Exhibit 11.3
Simple Package
Bomb and Triggering
System
Equipment
A piece of equipment that you should consider purchasing for the mail-
room is a specially constructed container designed to contain the effects
