The Inspection Service Manual (ISM) is official policy of the United States Postal Inspection Service. The ISM is maintained in an electronic format.

The ISM is available to all Inspection Service personnel. The ISM is a restricted document and is not available for distribution outside of the Postal lnspection Service without the prior written approval of the Inspection Service Chief Counsel.

In April of 2015, I requested under the FOIA the entire manual.  Sadly, it is quite lengthy, and required costs for review and reproduction, so I amended my request to include just the Table of Contents and References section (which turns out, there is no such section).

Below is the released portion.

Document Archive

 U.S. Postal Inspection Service: Inspection Service Manual (ISM) Table of Contents [46 Pages, 6.9MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/usps/USPIS-ISM-TOC.pdf

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The U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s narcotics program is intended to protect U.S. Postal Service employees at nearly 32,000 facilities from the dangers of handling packages containing illegal narcotics and ensuring public trust in the mail. The Postal Inspection Service conducts investigations of individuals attempting to use the mail for drug trafficking. In fiscal year 2015, the Postal Inspection Service seized about 34,000 pounds of marijuana from the mailstream.

We initiated this audit to address allegations regarding postal employees’ handling of packages suspected of containing marijuana at seven post offices in the Capital Metro, Great Lakes, Pacific, and Western areas.

The Investigation

 HR-AR-17-001 – Packages Suspected of Containing Marijuana – dated October 12, 2016 [20 Pages, 4.2MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ig/2017-IGFP-00027.pdf

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