St. Petersburg DCF files to get privacy review...

St. Petersburg DCF files to get privacy review

By MELANIE AVE
Published July 3, 2007

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/03/So..._DCF_fil.shtml

A judge Monday delayed releasing state child welfare records on a former
Pinellas County foster child whose caseworker failed to report her
missing for four months, to give a child advocacy attorney time to
review them for privacy concerns.

Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Chief Judge David Demers said he believes there
is "good cause" to release the records on Courtney Clark because of an
overriding public interest in the case.

But first, he ordered the Florida Department of Children and Families to
allow the records to be examined by Christina Clemenson, attorney for
the Guardian ad Litem program.

Courtney, now 2, disappeared with her mother from a Sorrento foster home
in September, but her caseworker did not report her missing to the Lake
County Sheriff's Office until January. The delayed hunt ended June 14
when authorities found Courtney at a Portage, Wis., home. She and her
two younger sisters were found safe, but an 11-year-old boy was found
mutilated and starving in a closet and his mother's body was found
buried in the back yard.

On Monday, Clemenson joined a Wisconsin attorney representing the four
children in asking the judge to weigh the children's privacy rights
against the public's interest.

Unless Clemenson finds objectionable information in the 885 pages of
records, in which names and other information have been removed, Demers
said, they will be given to the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa
Tribune at 8 a.m. Friday.

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

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...