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Mail delivery
stopped
By Tom Carey
On-line Forty-Niner
Mail delivery has
stopped at Cal State Long Beach and all other California state
agencies and departments, until all mailroom personnel attend
a mandatory training session provided by the California Highway
Patrol. The stoppage occurs days after nationwide reports
of anthrax.
The course will
stress common sense tips for protection against chemical and
biological threats that may be found through the mail.
More than 600 state
employees attended the CHP's training session Friday and Saturday
in the San Francisco Bay area.
Overtime pay and
travel expenses were authorized as well to ensure the immediacy
of the issue, according to a Gov. Gray Davis press release.
According to Toni
Beron, vice president of public affairs, a representative
from CSULB will be attending the CHP's training session today
in Los Angeles. Other sessions were held Monday and today
in San Diego.
Beron said there
were no reports of suspicious letters, but CSULB will adhere
to the governor's order.
What to look for
(according to an FBI advisory)
Suspicious letters
• No return address, restrictive markings
• Possibly mailed from a foreign country, excessive postage
• Misspelled words, addressed to title only or incorrect
title
• Badly typed or written
Suspicious packages
• Protruding wires
• Lopsided or uneven
• Rigid or bulky
• Strange odor
• Wrong title with name
• Oily stains, discolorations, or crystallization on
wrapper
• Excessive tape or string
If parcel is open
and/or a threat is identified...
For a bomb
Evacuate immediately, call 911, contact local FBI
For radiological
Limit Exposure ? don't handle, distance (evacuate area), shield
yourself from object, call 911, contact local FBI
For biological or chemical
Isolate ? don't handle, call 911, wash your hands with soap
and warm water, contact local FBI.
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