Sacrameto Police Seize Child From Parents (OT)

I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to take my child away from a medical professional who deems them in need of medical attention... especially if I completed high school and clearly know at least as much as they do about anything and everything. It's what the founding fathers would have wanted... personal volition over reason!

Now, the family is probably under a gag order not to speak publicly about anything.

So do any of you know if any CPS has ever been accountable for any action?

When was the last time a CPS employee was reprimanded for their actions?

You guys are OK with that, an organization with tremendous power and no accountability?

Thursday, March 29 2012
California State Auditor's Report on Los Angeles County CPS Department Reveals Disturbing Findings Featured
SACRAMENTO- The California State Auditor's report on Los Angeles County’s efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect was released Thursday and showed a disturbing backlog of cases and a blatant disregard for California state law which requires criminal background checks when placing children in the homes of relatives.

Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) requested the audit and is disappointed that the Department of Social Services (DSS) has failed to ensure current law is implemented and children are protected.

“Los Angeles County’s Child Protective Services Department has some deep seeded problems that are affecting the way they care for children,” Assemblymember Perea said. “It is upsetting to see that LA County, in the audit, was disingenuous about their interpretation of state laws and their own policies. Their system is flawed. It is DSS’s responsibility to implement state law. Our children deserve better.”

Assemblymember Perea will submit a letter to DSS requesting the following:

DSS Waiver Rescinded
LA County CPS has struggled to complete its investigations of referrals within the number of days specified by DSS. In August 2010, DSS granted this request, extending the department’s time frame for closing an investigation to 60 days. Assemblymember Perea will be request that DSS rescind the waiver effective June 30, 2012 and return to the standard of 30 days that all other counties attempt to follow.

Backlog of Uncompleted Investigations
LA County had a backlog of 3,200 uncompleted investigations as of January 2012. The letter will request DSS monitor the status of the backlog and work with LA County CPS to revise their own policies and performance measures to no longer define the backlog as investigations over 60 days old.

Required Assessments not Performed Consistently
The department did not consistently perform important assessments and background checks before placing children in homes, as required by state law. The State Auditor found that nearly 900 children lived in homes of relatives that—once assessed by the department—were determined to be unsafe or inappropriate. It typically took 43 days to either remove these children from the placements or reassess and approve the homes. The letter will urge DSS to perform the appropriate oversight so that children are placed only in safe homes.

Assemblymember Perea introduced AB 1697 to be used as the legislative vehicle to hold DSS accountable for making sure existing state law is implemented.

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You've just made the same argument that Fox News and company does when advocating torture, infinite detention, etc.

One could use your exact same words above to argue in favor of suspending all civil liberties in the "war on terror" or the "war on drugs" or other issues that potentially involve the safety of children.

it appears that you don't understand the basic concept of due process of law. That's all the more reason this situation is troubling.

Who is deprived of life, liberty, or property when their child is forcibly taken from them?

So do any of you know if any CPS has ever been accountable for any action?

When was the last time a CPS employee was reprimanded for their actions?

My issue is with lack of due process and unchecked authority.

Where is Sacrameto?

south of Mt Shata, north of Freno

I don't know if anyone has been disciplined for being over zealous. That would be a hard line to draw as being under zealous leads to kids being left in abusive situations. I do believe that an effort was made to try give CPS some oversight, and that is when the oversight by a judge specializing in families and children's problems was added. But even that can be trouble because the judge can end up mostly just siding with CPS because he/she gets jaded about parents. So what kind of oversight are you talking about?

I posted this upthread as example of what happens when the CPS-camel gets its nose under the tent

Somebody who messes with families just because they can should go to jail.

Is that what IS happening, or what COULD happen? HUGE difference. I'm perfectly happy to have everything on that list apply to many of the cases CPS has to be involved with. I think those would be overkill in this case... and I seriously doubt those will be applied to this case. Just more bullshit from the paranoid.

Being paranoid does not equate to being wrong.

I find the fact that government agencies are performing sex change operations on children to be a little odd, to say the least. Not exactly a medically necessary procedure.