Thats amazing. Vets have been ignored by the VA in every instance I know of. They're made to fill out paper work to request help and when no one gets back to them, they go back and do it again, and still no one gets back to them, until, hopefully they go away.
Here i was hoping to demonstrate how in Illinois the Sheriff department picks up the phone, calls the VA and asks for help on behalf of vets. This makes the difference in how the VA responds. I've never seen or heard of that done here in Los Angeles. And yet your saying vets must SEEK help, they do. They must carry treatment to completion. How if no help is offered?
Whith that response I see there is nothing more to say. Let me just clarify that:
At no time was I asking that he NOT be convicted or do jail time for his DUI.
At no time was I validating his offenses.
The issue was does he deserve to be treated in the class with druggies and gangsters.
Here the answer is yes. Here the answer is cops have a right to be rude. Here the sentiment is i lost someone to a drunk or a crazy vet, so prosecute both to the fullest extent.
If vets resist treatment on release, they should not be precluded from services at a later date.
I've become weary of dealing with extrapolated issues on this question. It appears the sentiments on this board are clear and no one need intuit anyones feelings on this matter.

