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“What we’ve seen in movies where you rush to remove it or put it into a safe spot, that’s not the way to proceed,’’ McClain said. If they have any doubts, recipients should avoid handling packages – which could be set to detonate remotely or by a timer, not necessarily upon opening – and call 911 for further instructions. Related: Authorities eye Florida in hunt for source of suspicious packages, as security officials worry danger 'not over' More: FBI on the 10 packages: 'We are treating them as suspected explosive devices’

If the answer to those questions is no, they should be at least mildly wary. Were they expecting a package? Was it sent by someone they know? James McClain, a vice president at the Pinkerton security and risk-management firm, said those are valuable tips, and he provides some others for people at home.įirst and foremost, McClain said it’s important for recipients to be situationally aware. The USPS website offers a more graphic illustration, with a poster indicating some of those same traits, along with instructions for mail room employees. When questionable items do get through, there are several common-sense measures the public can take in dealing with them, according to guidelines provided by the Department of Homeland Security and the USPS. On a yearly basis, about 20 incidents result in criminal investigations. Postal Service said in its annual report that it handled 150 billion pieces of mail last year and its inspectors responded to 2,282 incidents that involved suspicious items, substances, powders or liquids. Unlike high-profile politicians, most people don’t have trained personnel or company mail rooms screening their correspondence for signs of trouble before getting them to their intended recipients.Įven with the increase in internet commerce and package delivery, mail-based threats are rare.

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Whether it is something or not, we don't know, but they thought it was worth calling the bomb squad.”ĭenny's, as well as the Giant gasoline station at College Avenue and Camino del Rio, were temporarily evacuated, but by 4:30 p.m., Denny's once again was seating diners.Įarly Sunday afternoon, traffic was blocked on Seventh Street from Camino del Rio to Narrow Gauge Avenue while law enforcement on scene waited for the Farmington Bomb Squad's arrival.The series of bomb-like devices mailed in recent days to prominent Democratic figures and to CNN have not only increased concerns for elected officials but raised questions about how regular citizens would handle suspicious packages sent to them. “It had wires coming out of it and a motor at the bottom,” she said, “and a cellphone with tape wrapped around it and some batteries. Johanneck caught a clear look of the backpack before leaving the restaurant grounds.

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“They just came in and said, 'As a safety precaution, we have a suspicious package and need to evacuate.' There was food still sitting in the windows and everything.”

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“We support Durango, so they call us, and we get somebody up there right away,” Smith said.ĭenny's employee Rovanna Johanneck said the restaurant was at full capacity of 147 people when the police initiated an evacuation early Sunday afternoon. The robot for the job, nicknamed “Flash,” was a small, highly maneuverable mechanism, “good for situations like this,” said Smith, capable of dousing the device with water of even firing shot into it if necessary, to disrupt or break up the components. “We treat these things as a worse-case scenario until we can determine otherwise.”ĭetective Burke Baldwin of the Durango Police Department, said, “They certainly went to a lot of trouble to make it look like something interesting.” “These days, we don't take chances on anything,” said Bomb Squad Commander Steve Smith. The response team used a remotely operated vehicle armed with five cameras, lights, a weapons arm and a claw arm to evaluate the puzzling device. Later that afternoon, the Farmington Police Department Bomb Squad found the backpack with electronic components attached to the outside making it appear to be a bomb. David Longenette of the Durango Police Department said a backpack was found along a cinderblock wall around the trash bins. Durango police were called to Denny's Restaurant by an employee who saw a suspicious package in the parking lot about 1 p.m.