Due to an error when sending an email, a hundred employees and former employees of the East Brabant police were able to see from each other that they have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a spokesperson for the East Brabant police confirms to NU. .nl after reporting by Broadcasting Brabant.
The police employees received an email from the case manager of the PTSD reporting center within the police, containing an invitation to a contact day for colleagues with a diagnosis of PTSD. However, all employees’ names and email addresses were put in the regular address bar of the email, instead of hidden in the BCC (blind copy).
The email was withdrawn by the case manager after a short time. A second email was also sent to the addressees acknowledging the error and apologizing.
The police admits to Broadcasting Brabant that the mistake was made. “An email about a meeting about PTSD for a limited group of colleagues and former colleagues was sent by mistake Friday morning in the wrong way. Instead of the email being sent – as usual – as BCC, the addressees were included. in the regular address field. The addresses were therefore visible to the recipients. We regret that this happened. “
“It is a painful, human error without any malicious intent. The mistake was reported immediately. We follow the applicable procedures. We are also looking at how this can be prevented in the future,” the police told the broadcaster.
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