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Target 32 Investigates: Child Protective Services

POSTED: 5:33 pm EST November 12, 2007
UPDATED: 7:02 pm EST November 12, 2007
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Chief Supreme Court Justice of Kentucky is
surveying judges across the state to see if he should suggest opening up
child protection courts.
http://www.wlky.com/news/14576385/detail.html

Kentucky is one of 21 states that still close child protection
proceedings. But there is a growing movement to open them after the
Inspector General of Kentucky documented widespread abuses within the
child protection system.

After three years of controversy, problems linger. A Target 32
investigation found that social workers are troubled by what they call
suspicious conduct by their colleagues already under fire in the
Inspector General’s report.

Linda Roberts, a single mother who had her four children taken away
after her ex-husband sexually assaulted one of them, turned over a tape
of her child custody proceeding.

“All of a sudden she called in and said ‘remove those kids,’” Roberts
said. “It was a very heart-wrenching thing to do after I’d worked so
hard to get them back, then for no good reason to take them away again.
It was very difficult.”

The next time her children were taken, she didn’t get a hearing to
defend herself within 72 hours, as required by law.

“They were just in shock to come home and pick up a few things and go
away,” Roberts said.

Now she’s in family court defending herself from an allegation that she
spanked her daughter with a belt.

The school system never saw any marks on the children, so the CPS social
worker ruled the physical abuse allegation unsubstantiated. Then,
Roberts was also accused of neglect due to allegations that she left the
children alone.

The Louisville CPS workers also determined the neglect allegation was
unsubstantiated, in large part due to a note from a supervisor giving
the single working mom permission to leave the children with their
16-year-old sibling for short periods of time, in emergencies, which she
did.

The Louisville-based social workers took Roberts’ side, as a success story.

“Ms. Roberts appears to me to go above and beyond with her kids because
she puts them in child enrichment programs and takes them to school, she
picks them up after school,” a CPS social worker said. “We have letters
from supervisors, directors, neighbors, co-workers, all stating that
whenever they see Ms. Roberts, they see her kids. Neighbors say they
never see kids home alone.”

But judge Shan Embry ruled differently because of a previous court order
reading “The children may only be left with their older adult siblings
when not in the care of their mother.” Roberts was found in contempt
because, according to the court, “younger siblings were left with the
16-year-old on four to five occasions.”

The judge also found that the children “were all physically disciplined
by Linda Roberts with a belt and switch on numerous occasions.”

And the final reason cited by the judge for taking Roberts’ children:
“Leaving three of her children alone in the Lizard Bay pool at Disney
World for at least 30 minutes” while she was looking for another child
who got lost.

“They go by what they want to do regardless of the law,” Roberts said.

While that ruling outraged Roberts, something else that happened in the
case was disturbing, even to social workers. A supervisor in the
Louisville office detailed what she called suspicious conduct in the
Meade County CPS office where the case against Roberts originated.

“The case file was not there and we don’t know where the case file
went,” the supervisor said. “Once we started requesting the records, the
phone calls stopped. We didn’t get any phone calls back.”

The case file that contained records supporting Linda Roberts
disappeared, while the information against her was forwarded to
Louisville when the case transferred.

Then, Louisville investigators learned the “Meade County investigator
who executed the initial affidavit alleging contempt is the best friend
of the temporary custodian’s mother-in-law.”

“They can pull strings and do things and files can disappear, reports
can be made and children can be snatched out of a home without even a
hearing,” Roberts said. “In many ways they make their own decisions, not
based on legal grounds, and nobody's doing anything about it."

Copyright 2007 by WLKY.com. All rights reserved. This material may not
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CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

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 this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

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 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, 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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