It's the season for getting and giving gifts, but those gifts may not always end up where you'd like them. "There's always an uptick in mail theft during the holidays," David Birch, a U.S. Postal ...

If you've ever checked the mail repeatedly only to find it empty, or your mailbox is a good hoof from your house, this project is for you. It's a simple photo-sensitive alarm that will fire off an SMS ...

Mike and Stewart bought the $20 alarm for their mailbox so they would know when their postal worker had delivered the day's goods to their Cooper City home. On Friday, it helped to make sure their ...

PITTSBURGH, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a smart mailbox that would increase security and prevent unauthorized access," said an inventor, from Saugus, Mass., "so I invented the ...

I read with great interest your recent editorial encouraging the industry to take up the cause of false alarm reduction. There are several points which I would take ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EDMOND, Okla. – A mailbox alarm appears to ...

The City of San Antonio’s Public Safety Committee is meeting on Tuesday afternoon to discuss several community-related issues ...

Lubbock's new alarm ordinance starts October 1, 2025, tackling the 95% false alarm rate that burdens the police, aiming to ...