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Old June 14th 08, 12:29 AM posted to alt.support.child-protective-services,alt.support.foster-parents,alt.dads-rights.unmoderated,alt.parenting.spanking
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Default Caseworkers criticized in death of 3 Nassau children

Caseworkers criticized in death of 3 Nassau children

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny...,3002968.story

BY MICHAEL AMON



4:30 PM EDT, June 13, 2008

The Nassau County Commissioner of Investigations, in a report to be
released Saturday, lambasted the work of Child Protective Services
caseworkers investigating an abuse complaint against a New Cassel mother
less than a day before her three children were drowned.

CPS did not fully investigate a Feb. 22 complaint that Leatrice Brewer
was threatening her three children, according to a draft report by
Investigations Commissioner Bonnie Garone. On Feb. 24, Brewer's three
children -- Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent
Demesyeux, 18 months -- were dead, all by drowning. Brewer, 27, has been
charged with murder.

One part-time caseworker will be fired, a night supervisor will be
demoted to a caseworker and day caseworker will be demoted and
retrained, officials said Friday. Garone said she would refer some
findings from her four-month probe to Nassau District Attorney Kathleen
Rice.

Among the report's findings:

A caseworker assigned to the 12:26 p.m. complaint visited Brewer's home
but "did not take sufficient steps to determine whether the family in
fact was at home." The caseworker spoke to a woman who lived in the
building and could have asked permission to come inside and knock on
Brewer's door, but instead she left a form requesting a callback.

The caseworker then received a 90-second phone call from Brewer but did
not take notes and did not inform a supervisor. Asked about the phone
call by investigators, the caseworker said she "maybe" received a call
from Brewer but did not recall what was discussed.

After another caseworker found no one home that evening, a Friday, a
night supervisor assigned a part-time caseworker to visit the home on
Sunday, instead of Saturday. Someone should have been assigned Saturday,
the report said, noting that "the only identified benefit of leaving
[the case] for Sunday was to provide an additional day of work for a
part-time caseworker who was paid by the hour and who could then be
scheduled to work on both Saturday and Sunday."

The part-time caseworker exercised his 5th Amendment right to not
incriminate himself when asked about the case by investigators. The
report suggests he may not have intended to visit Brewer's apartment at
all: Interviews with co-workers showed the caseworker did not learn of
the children's death until Sunday evening, by which time he had not
tried to contact the family.

Jerry Laricchiuta, president of the union that includes CPS, the Civil
Service Employees Association, had not seen the report Friday but
dismissed its findings.

"I had no doubt this was going to be a biased report," Laricchiuta said.
"This is not a neutral report ... this is a report generated by management."

The report did not find systemic problems in CPS or the Department of
Social Services administration. It also found that the county
"thoroughly investigated" nine previous neglect complaints against
Brewer over the past five years and had "no legal basis to remove the
children from the home."

Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc.




CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CONSTITUTIONALLY
GUARANTEED LIBERTIES & CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER
AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read the free handbook from
connecticut dcf watch..

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS/Foster care 160, biological Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS/Foster care 112, biological Parents 13
Neglect CPS/Foster care 410, biological Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS/Foster care 14 biological Parents 12
Fatalities CPS/Foster care 6.4, biological Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.


CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...


BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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Old June 14th 08, 02:41 AM posted to alt.support.child-protective-services,alt.support.foster-parents,alt.dads-rights.unmoderated,alt.parenting.spanking
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Default Caseworkers criticized in death of 3 Nassau children

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:29:22 -0700, fx wrote:

==Caseworkers criticized in death of 3 Nassau children

[snip]

==The report did not find systemic problems in CPS or the Department of
==Social Services administration.

So . . . what else needs to be said?

Clearly, anyone who attempts to condemn an entire
agency or system because of the malfeasance of
three incompetents has an agenda that's as obvious
as it is devious.

The fact is that government child-protection
authorities are the only ones standing between
children and those who would abuse and, all
too often, kill them.

Those who rail against child-protection
authorities have motives that should raise the most
serious suspicions.

Many are child-abusers themselves. Some are
simply perverts and/or sadists.

All of them are dishonest and deserve to be,
at least, ignored.


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