less than 400 nationwide. USPIS Academy The Postal Inspection Service maintains a law enforcement academy (the Career Development Unit) based in Potomac, Maryland. It is a federally accredited law enforcement academy by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation. Killed officers Fourteen US postal inspectors and postal police officers have died in the line of duty. Their names have been etched on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial wall and to a Postal Inspection Service plaque at the agency's national headquarters, both located in Washington, D.C. List of killed officers The list below details the officer's name and rank, date of death (known as "end of watch") and the cause of death. Postal Inspector Charles Fitzgerald, Wednesday, September 23, 1908, Gunfire Postal Inspector Elbert Perry Lamberth, Thursday, August 16, 1917, Gunfire Postal Inspector in Charge George Washington Daniel, Monday, September 1, 1919, Drowned Postal Inspector Levi C. Chance, Wednesday, February 14, 1923, Gunfire (Inadvertent) Postal Inspector Walter Richard Ton, Monday, January 10, 1938, Aircraft accident Postal Inspector Finton T. McMahon, Tuesday, August 1, 1939, Fall Postal Inspector Ernest M. Harkins, Wednesday, January 12, 1949, Gunfire Postal Inspector Bruce Orrin Shaffer, Friday, August 31, 1951, Automobile crash Investigative Aide Benedetto M. Spizzirri, Monday, March 14, 1960, Gunfire Investigative Aide John P. McAuliffe, Monday, March 14, 1960, Gunfire Police Officer Michael J. Healy, Sunday, June 21, 1981, Gunfire Postal Inspector Terrance M. Asbury, Saturday, February 3, 1990, Automobile crash Postal Inspector Robert Francis Jones, Jr., Friday, July 14, 2000, Automobile crash Postal Inspector Preston Boyd Parnell, Thursday, July 26, 2012, Automobile crash Campaigns and Programs For more than 150 years, Postal Inspectors have pursued criminals who use the mail to defraud victims. Their experience with fraud investigations has encompassed countless variations of schemes from the most simple to highly complex, international frauds. Fraud is a crime that can be reduced or prevented by educating the general public and specific groups, such as the elderly and military veterans. Accordingly, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has conducted numerous crime prevention campaigns over the years. The following list has been compiled for historical reference. Active Crime Prevention Campaigns: Behind the Badge: The Postal Inspection Service exhibit at the National Postal Museum In 2014, Consumer Fraud Funds were used to create a new consumer-oriented exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. “Behind the Badge,” an interactive exhibit, tells the story of the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement