The director for the Equal Opportunity Office (EEO) at Hill Air Force Base in Utah has been removed from her position after three whistleblowers reported she improperly handled their complaints alleging sexual assault and discrimination.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) disclosed the EEO director’s removal in a notice last Tuesday. The OSC report did not identify the EEO director in question, but Air Force Times identified her as Lori K. Grimes, and a 2019 archived link to Hill Air Force Base’s equal opportunity office lists Grimes as an EEO director at the base.
An investigation by the Air Force’s Material Command Office of Inspector General substantiated the claims of the three whistleblowers, that the Air Force EEO director discouraged employees from filing claims, including telling one whistleblower that her sexual harassment claims against her supervisor “wouldn’t carry weight” and “wouldn’t go anywhere” when she initially tried to file her complaint.
HILL AIR FORCE BASE The Equal Opportunity Office director at Hill Air Force Base has been removed from her position due to her improperly and unlawfully handling complaints involving sexual harassment and discrimination, officials said.
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel notified President Donald Trump and Congress of the dismissal on Wednesday. The director, whose name has not been released by the Air Force, was investigated by the Air Force s Material Command Office of Inspector General after three whistleblowers came forward with complaints. I commend the whistleblowers for bravely coming forward to identify the violations of law, gross mismanagement, and abuses of authority at Hill Air Force Base, said Special Counsel Henry J. Kerner in a statement. Sexual harassment and discrimination cannot be tolerated on American military bases, and whistleblowers who come forward deserve fair treatment and due process. While this case exposed numerous legal violations and other egre