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Postal News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2002
Release No. 02-010
Chief Postal Inspector Plans To Retire
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Postmaster General John E. Potter announced today that Chief Postal Inspector Kenneth C. Weaver planned to retire next month after spending more than 30 years with the Inspection Service and Postal Service. Weaver, who has spent the last several months at the forefront of the anthrax crisis, will retire March 2, 2002.
Potter credits Weaver with leaving the Inspection Service in a position of strength, and confidence with the American public. During the anthrax crisis, Weaver, said Potter, "brought stability and old-fashioned common sense to the table."
Mr. Weaver had originally planned to retire last fall after a two-year term as Chief Postal Inspector, but delayed doing so because of the bio-terrorism attacks on the Postal Service. "The terrorist attacks compelled him to stay and ensure that all the investigative resources were in place to assist in tracking down whoever used the mail to spread anthrax," says Potter, adding that he was grateful that Weaver made the decision to stay until March.
In July 1996, Weaver was named Assistant Secretary to the Postal Service Board of Governors and served in this post for three years. In September 1999, he was appointed Chief Postal Inspector.
Most of Weaver's illustrious postal career has been with the Inspection Service, the Postal Service's primary law enforcement and security arm. The Inspection Service is responsible for protecting employees and assets; enforcing criminal and civil statutes against individuals who attack the postal system and misuse it to defraud, endanger or otherwise threaten the American public; and for security and crime prevention programs. He has held numerous management positions with the Postal Inspection Service in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia before coming to Washington in 1993 as the Deputy Chief Inspector for Audit.
Under his direction, the Postal Inspection Service has continued to provide a leadership role in the federal law enforcement community and in the domestic and international postal world. The Postmaster General is responsible for appointing Weaver's successor in the immediate future.
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