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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Nasty-Gram
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:07:20 -0400
Rob
In case you were not aware, the BOI submits its findings to
DCSM2, who has been delegated
the authority to make the final decision on behalf of the CDS.
The DCSM2 is LCol Chute - theDCSM is Col Blais - enough said.
Moving on to another issue, I recently visited IPSC Kingston -
there is now a ratio of one
Platoon Commander to 82 Posted-In personnel - you'd think it a
mad-house but it was like a
tomb - that my friend in NOT GOOD. Today I stopped into IPSC
Ottawa and found one of myformer Regions best Sergeants' desk
crammed with reports, an email in-box in the
hundreds of emails, dozens of pictures of family on the walls
(because that's where most of
the time is spent) requests for reports far above the pay-grade
stacked high, this person
stood exhausted but still with the sprit to go forward and it
made me proud as hell. But this
should not be the position anyone should be in - and I
thoughtyou guys were the ones whowere to sort this out - and this
is why I contacted you so long ago.
The stories relayed to me were frightening; there are no more
sections, just a morass, but
the brochures are wonderful (kind of reminds me of the ones to
entice people to
Jonestown); "help who you can", and "whoever's section they may
be from just grab one" -
which sort of matches IPSC Petawawa's situation (sent earlier).
There are 45 souls in this
soldiers section - SECTION - many of whom are complicated or RED
cases requiring
enormous amounts of effort - as for what goes by the sidelines,
well this person hasn't had a
PER since arrival at the JPSU - and Rob that is my fault.
The former staff member (an excellent soldier) I came to you
earlier about who had been
browbeaten by by a SAV report, then he redressed it - then he
was ignored, delayed - hasnow fled for somewhat safer employment.
The civilian Manager has been given a posh job
at VAC as a temp fill in, the Officer who crusaded through the
IPSC making allegationsagainst the military staff as part of a SAV
has been installed as the A/Svc's Manager to work
with the Pl Comd - beautiful.
Rob - I've given you scads of facts on whats going on in Eastern
Ontario Region but despite
this my people are still suffering and worsening - not my
subordinates any longer- but mypeople, my fellow Canadians and I
cannot stand-by (again) and watch them suffer for lack of
action from a system that is suppose to protect them. There are
some great soldiers outthere pulling for their injured and ill
troops, and some equally evil bastards grinding them
all into the ground - but worse still, are those that watch on
the sidelines and do SFA. Please
pass this email up your chain to get something moving Rob - I'm
available on request.
Barry
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Subject: JPSU/IPSC
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 13:39:37 -0400
From:[email protected]
To:[email protected]
Barry,
I have reviewed your email of July 22, 2013, which I forwarded
to and discussed with my
Director.
Firstly, I sincerely appreciate your concern for the well-being
of ill and injured CF members
and for those superbly dedicated staff who have responsibility
to administer and support
them. The well being of the CF community, particularly the well
being of those who have
become ill or injured while serving, has been and continues to
be a preoccupation of thisoffice and, I dare say, for me and my
colleagues personally.
Your complaint and the insights you shared have been taken
seriously. Yours is the sole
complaint received concerning the JPSU function and it prompted
specific surveillance of
this issue. This has included ongoing monitoring of our case
management system plus aprotocol to flag any complaints to this
office that raise concerns about JPSU elements across
the country. This, of course, is in addition to the direct
assistance provided to members ofthe CF community who contact this
office for assistance, whereby the vast majority of
complaints from injured or ill members are assigned as a
priority.
The Ombudsman has raised concerns about the capacity of the JPSU
while examining
Operational Stress Injuries (OSIs) in the CF. The JPSU has also
been included during ongoing
investigations in to the unique challenges OSIs present to the
Reserve Force and during an
ongoing major investigation examining CF families. I am also
mindful of the Auditor
General's Fall 2012 findings and recommendations relating to
transition of CF members to
civilian life, which made several recommendations concerning the
services and standards of
the JPSU's IPSC detachments.
I have met with DCSM and senior Chief Military Personnel
authority to record theirresponse to the concerns you had raised. I
have also contacted the Chief of Review Services
(CRS) leadership to ascertain when the JPSU may be scheduled for
evaluation/audit under
CRS auspices. I also noted that in CRS' 2009 Evaluation of
Support to Injured CF membersand their Families, the JPSU was
touted as a new program that would provide integrated
support to ill and injured CF members. It would seem sufficient
time has passed for thisfunction to undergo an evaluation of
service delivery.
I respect your concern for injured or ill CF members and for
those staff within the IPSCs
that administer, support, and co-ordinate services for these
members. I also appreciate that
these concerns are not diminished upon your moving on from your
position within this
community. You do not, however, maintain sufficient personal
interest as a complainant in
this matter and while your representations have prompted
specific activities to monitor
these issues and to inform whether formal investigation is
undertaken in the future, yourcomplaint file will be closed at this
time.
Thank you for bringing this concern forward. While your file
will be closed, I am available
should you wish to discuss this further. Should you have any
questions or concerns, you
may also contact my Director, Ms. Melanie Chapman at
613-992-0787 or toll free at 1-888-
828-3626.
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Yours truly,
Robert Howard
Senior Investigator / Enquteur Principal
Office of the Ombudsman DND/CF / Bureau de l'Ombudsman
MDN/FC
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From:[email protected]:[email protected]
Subject: RE: JPSU/IPSCDate: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 19:29:05 -0400
Rob
I just wonder at what point does an organization such as yours
become accountable for
inaction - and with that accountability, what punitive measures
will be afforded those who
simply close files.
Barry
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