The "RPF Newsletter" series has motivated people to contact various government authorities concerning the goings on at the PAC Base RPF. People called the Los Angeles Fire Marshal, who inspected the conditions at Big Blue and -- surprise -- issued a resounding FLUNK for numerous violations.

OCMBers have also contacted the embassies of various countries who have citizens on the RPF. You can read a full account at OCMB:

http://discus.xenu.net/discus/messages/730/10004.html?1105146003

Here's an excerpt from a message by SongBird with some of the really good stuff:

Following my October letter to the Chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, I received a letter from Fire Marshal Jimmy Hill, telling me that he had directed an inspection of the RPF and referring me to Captain Michael White, Commander of the Schools, Churches and Institutions Unit, for further communication. I have been in contact with Captain White via phone and letters since October.

There was a delay in the LA fire department's inspection because they wanted to coordinate with Building & Safety (another agency to which I had written). In December the two agencies made a surprise, joint inspection of Big Blue - Captain White headed the inspection team personally.

Per my discussion with Captain White this morning, they found MANY violations of both fire codes and building & safety codes. Citations have been issued and requirements given for correction of these violations. The corrections will require time and, in Cpt. White's opinion, quite a lot of expense. Big Blue is being given the necessary time, at the end of which inspections will be made to confirm that living and working conditions have been brought up to standard.

I've thanked Cpt. White on behalf of all of us who've taken an interest in improving living & working conditions for RPFers in Los Angeles. And I will follow up with a thank-you letter to him and to Fire Marshal Hill.

If RPF Insider or someone else with contacts inside the LA RPF can update us on the response inside to these fire & building inspections, that would be much appreciated.

I've also heard from the Calif. Department of Housing and Community Development, Division of Codes and Standards, which I wrote in October as well. They have begun an investigation of employee housing code violations at the RPF. The case has been assigned a number, but I've been unable to find out whether on-site inspections have as yet been done. I've been assigned a contact, a Mr. Li, and will follow up with him. These are govt. bureaucracies, so I expect it could take time.

As reported here previously, the British Consulate in Los Angeles, which I also wrote in October, responded very quickly with phone calls to Alex Meyers, RPF In-Charge, about the Didcoates. They were told that the Didcoates are no longer on the RPF. I've explained to my contact at the Consulate that this may or may not be true, but I don't believe that they see anything to pursue further at present. I took the opportunity to provide educational materials about cults in general and Scn. in particular to consular staff, who seemed very interested.

I have heard nothing from the other agencies that I wrote, but will follow up a bit more. At the very least, these agencies now have a complaint on file and, when future complaints about working & living conditions for RPFers are made, our letter will be there to support those claims.

The same is true regarding Olska's contact with the LAPD. We learned (to my considerable surprise) that the dept. is aware of possible/probable abuses within Big Blue and already has a file in place - the materials that Olska provided have strengthened the LAPD's hand so that, when someone does eventually leave the RPF and file a complaint with LAPD, they will have ample grounds to act.

I think that we've accomplished quite a bit with this cycle of action, and I'd like to thank Don Carlo, Olska and all others who helped gather information, draft letters, etc.

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Looks like they'll be doing some unplanned "home improvements" over at Big Blue, before the next inspection takes place.

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