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Board members and staff describe threats, security steps after rise in abusive contacts
Summary
Executive staff and board members described threatening emails, subpoenas served at home, and a parking‑lot incident; the board discussed security measures including CHP coordination and procedural steps to report threats.
Board President Dolores Trujillo and Executive Officer Loretta Melby told the Board of Registered Nursing that members of board staff and leadership have received threatening emails, subpoenas served at home and in one case an in‑person assault and spitting incident during the COVID period.
Melby described multiple incidents over several years that escalated from abusive emails to targeted threats. She said staff have been spat on, kicked and otherwise assaulted at public counters, and that anonymous subpoenas and messages identifying staff home addresses increased personal safety concerns. "I had to start looking at my office…
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