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Tacoma’s new postmaster outlines operations, dog-bite awareness and July hiring outreach
Summary
Damon Coquillette, Tacoma’s new postmaster, described the scope of local postal operations, dog-bite prevention measures after 17 bites this year, and a hiring outreach tent at the Tenoa Festival on July 26.
Damon Coquillette, Tacoma’s new postmaster, told Tacoma Report that the local postal operation includes about 290 delivery routes, 13 retail units and more than 200,000 delivery points covering Tacoma and nearby communities. He said the Tacoma postal budget is around $54,000,000 and the local workforce is roughly 540 employees.
Coquillette discussed dog-bite awareness month and described training and tools carriers use to reduce dog attacks: using a mailbag as a shield, carrying dog spray, rattling keys, and programming known dog locations into carriers’ GPS-enabled scanners so carriers receive alerts. He said the post office has recorded 17 dog bites in Tacoma so far this year and urged customers to keep dogs secured, avoid approaching carriers with pets, and allow carriers to place packages and step away before opening doors.
Coquillette also said the post office will staff a tent at the Tenoa Festival on July 26 — an event he estimated could draw as many as 8,000 people — to share information about postal jobs available nationwide. He described the Postal Service as offering career stability and encouraged interested jobseekers to visit the tent for hiring information.
