{"id":137798,"date":"2023-03-01T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=137798"},"modified":"2023-02-27T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T20:42:09","slug":"va-hospitals-facing-police-staffing-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=137798","title":{"rendered":"VA hospitals facing police staffing shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An audit was conducted by 150 inspectors across 70 VA hospitals over three days. One of the things that the auditors reported was a shortage of police officers staffing many hospitals. This challenge amplifies considering that surveillance footage must also be reviewed to investigate irregularities. The auditors reported that the police officers who do staff many of these hospitals have been overworked.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The audit, released last Wednesday, found workers and veterans receiving treatment at VA facilities were vulnerable to crime because of a 33% vacancy rate of officers from the police department that serves the medical centers – with some sites seeing a vacancy rate as high as 63%, according to Military.com.<\/p>\n

The report found that in 2022 there were 36 “serious incidents” across 32 medical facilities, according to Military.com. “Serious incidents” are defined as ones that “draw attention or cause harm,” the outlet reported, including disturbances such as displaying a firearm, the theft of VA property, or injury to people or property.<\/p>\n

“All 36 incidents presented significant concerns and highlight VA’s need to protect its property and systems, as well as secure its facilities to help ensure the safety of staff, patients, and visitors,” Larry Reinkemeyer, VA’s assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations, wrote in the report.<\/p>\n

The serious incidents at VA centers last year included a bomb threat at the Wichita medical center that was later deemed a hoax, a lockdown at a center in Ohio when a man fired a round of his shotgun just outside the facility, and when a patient grabbed an officer’s gun and fired it at a facility in San Diego.<\/p>\n

The Veterans Health Administration System has 171 hospitals across the U.S. and 1,100 clinics. Of those facilities, a third of them reported severe police staffing shortages in 2022.<\/p>\n

The audit was conducted by 150 inspectors who were sent to 70 VA medical centers across the nation unannounced for a three-day period.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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