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Working with families, schools and juvenile justice centers for one. It is not feasible but it is realistic. No other govt program is open 24/7/365 except the police. (Firefighters get to sleep on the job. Cops get disciplined for the same thing!)So yes, police departments have a role in this.

DCFS, DYFS, CPS, and agencies known by other names function as arms of local governments’ social services departments charged with investigating the well-being of minors within their jurisdiction. These agencies are given authority, mostly through the law enforcement capacity of the executive branch of government. Sometimes it is indeed daunting to consider the amount of power non-elected officials from such agencies wield.The reason these agencies are given such power is that the life or death of a child is potentially at stake in the cases they investigate, and that the number of children who presently die or are seriously harmed at the hands of abusive caregivers would be even greater if a child could not be removed temporarily from the custody of his or her parents without the ruling of a judge. The power the agencies have to act quickly in critical situations probably does more good than harm.On the other hand, we all hear stories of children being removed from the custody of their parents for weeks or even months without the filing of any charges. Some of these stories are exaggerated, but there is a varying degree of truth to others. This is wrong, is an oversignNow of governmental powers, and is probably unconstitutional.I support the right of government to delegate power to these agencies to remove children from the care of their parents in situations they deem potentially dangerous prior to formal charges and in absence of court rulings FOR A VERY SHORT TIME during which an investigation may be conducted.The present laws vary from one jurisdiction to another. Most of the accounts I’ve heard of parents losing custody of their children for extended periods without due process are unsubstantiated. It’s very easy to make or to pass along such accusations, but, because of rules of condfidentiality, the agencies cannot defend themselves against such accusations whether the accusations come in the form of news reports or just through rumors spread throughout a community.For example, a woman who has lost custody of children meets a casual acquaintance at a grocery store. While exchanging pleasantires, the acquaintance asks about the woman’s children. The woman immediately goes into a diatribe of how her children were taken away by DYFS for unknown reasons, and how she hasn’t heard from the agency in three months. The acquaintance is appalled, and relays the story to several of her friends and relatives, who, in turn, tell their friends and relatives. All of these people passing along the story assume that it is the gospel truth.What actually happened, though, was that the woman’s fifteen-month-old child was fussy and continually cried for reasons she couldn’t discern. She had to be at work at 7:00 a.m. the next morning and needed her sleep., so she poured an ounce or two of overproof rum along with some milk in the baby’s bottle. The next morning the baby was still asleep when she carried him into the daycare provider’s home. The daycare provided could not wake the child for breakfast, and tried to signNow the mother, but the mother didn’t answer her cell phone, so the daycare provider called 911. The child was transported via ambulance to the local hispital. ER personnel discovered the child’s blood alcohol content of 1.2 and contacted DYFS. The mother was charged with the pertinent charges. She pled no contest, and the judge adopted the social services recommendation, which was for a suspended fine and for completion of a court-mandated parenting class. The mother missed the first class session, attended the second session, and then never returned. Three months later, her baby was still in foster care, and the mother was telling anyone who asked that DYFS had taken her baby with no charges against her and would not give her any information regarding the child’s whereabouts or how or when the child might be returned to her.This sort of thing happens more frequently than most people realize. Even if anyone from the agency hears a rumor floating around the community, which is unlikely, if the employee acts professionally, he or she may not debunk the rumor.On the other hand, with the lack of efficiency shown by many government agencies, I don’t find it hard to believe that there are children removed from the custody of their parents without due process for intervals longer than any of us would consider reasonable. i personally don’t think any child should be able to be kept for longer than fourteen days without charges being filed.The concern most mandated reporters have with child welfare service agencies is a general failure to act when it seems obvious that action needs to be taken rather than excessive action on the part of such agencies. This is true in part because such agencies are usually woefully under-funded and under-staffed: they lack the manpower to be as many places as they need to be in a given hour. There’s the added quandary of the job security many civil services workers have. Some workers take their jobs for granted and are far more concerned about ensuring that ther coffee breaks are never cut short or that they are never expected to work a single minute after their shifts are scheduled to end. Such workers are, I would suspect, an extreme minority among a field of highly diligent professionals who do everything feasible with the over-abundant caseloads they are expected to manage. Still it only takes one slacker not reponding or falsifying contact reports to set in motion a chain of events that results in the loss of a child’s life. Furthermore, sometimes there is nowhere to place a child who is in need of lodging and care.In summation, the reason such agencies have so much authority is that children’s immediate safety trumps almost anything else. Yes, there are child welfare agencies in many places which have more authority than is warranted. Because some humans possess nefarious motives or agendas, sometimes that authority is abused. A greater problem by far, however, is that society devotes too little of its resources to anything that might actually help children at risk.

The LA Times has done many award winning exposes of this nature. Call or email and give them any evidence you have. They will keep your identity confidential.

Generic answer is 95% perception of situation and people involved, given to me by a CPS worker for over ten years. The worker left job because of the ten times suggested caseload she was assigned to cover lack of workers employed.First off what are the “stats” for your state for foster care or adoption?I live in a state #1 for incarceration rate per capita IN THE WORLD.Unrealistic laws neading repeal. Thank goodness medical cannabis passed. Just last week 10 women were released from prison for simple possession. Some over 10 yrs in with sentencing up to 20yrs.Did their children get taken and sold by the state or just fostered?My state recieved federal funding of $155 billion dollars for adoption and fostercare in 2016.My state is 49th in spending for education.My state is 47th for teachers pay.Cuts every year for mental health services.So my opinion for my state and have stats to back up is as follows;Cut education continually because the important people pay for private schooling for their children. Without proper means of education there is no life skills training. Surprisingly they still have to exist in life. Food, housing, the understanding and skills to support themselves are non existent. Big shock, hunger still effects the uneducated. Survival kicks in. Now criminal acts begin whether using to treat the mental side affects, stealing food, or creative activities that produce income.Now hopefully they have had babies so the state can gain revenue from either foster or adoption.Someone has to protect the children. Community standards represented by laws are there for that reason. Now the laws are enforced by police officers and district attorneys. With that route you have civil rights like the one to remain silent.With CPS you have no civil rights. You have to cooperate, and comply with everything said or you end up without your children facing charges.Because the ultimate power the workers have, the police departments incorporate their assistance as often as possible.Now, there is no way I could do that job. I would not be able to see the things they see happen to children.They have the life of a child in their hand. It is their job to assess the safety of the child. They interview, investigate, and coordinate with the legal system to ensure safety of child. There is no accountability for any actions. There is no one social worker that can make such decisions. At least two.Same perception of workers and police officers in the courts. They are respected by position without question.