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Veteran tells Cathedral City council senior center mishandled alleged security breach

Cathedral City City Council · November 13, 2025
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Summary

Robert McCormick, a decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran, used public comment to accuse the senior center of an "irresponsible" response to a security incident that resulted in an elderly member losing her membership card; there was no staff response recorded during the public comment period and no formal action taken at the meeting.

During public comment at the Nov. 12 Cathedral City study session, Robert McCormick, who identified himself as a decorated U.S. Marine Corps veteran, accused senior center staff of mishandling a security incident that involved an elderly member.

"When I followed up with them, they told me 'you're a marine, you can handle yourself' — absolutely ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, untrained response," McCormick…

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