Ken Schram: The DSHS /CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES needs to go!

Ken Schram: The DSHS needs to go

SEATTLE - I want to pick up where I left off before I left for a short
vacation.

So let's talk a little more about DSHS.

http://www.komotv.com/features/kenschram/8397632.html

More information has come out about the latest DSHS screw up, the one
that involves a young girl who suffered abuse and torture for 10 years -
including being blinded in one eye after having been stabbed with a
hypodermic needle in that eye.

Here's a quick review: DSHS records show that neighbors, educators and
police complained about how the girl was being treated 16 times over a 5
year period.

DSHS just wrote the complaints off.

DSHS admits it failed to protect the girl, but says since it was all
about errors in judgment and not neglect of duties, no one gets fired or
disciplined.

Then there's the bureaucratic mumbo jumbo about how changes in policy
and new safeguards should keep this from happening again.

I think I first heard that back in the 80's after Eli Creekmore was killed.

I spoke with former State Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge about all
this.

He's of the mind that DSHS can't be fixed.

I agree.

He believes that to save the lives and well being of kids, DSHS has to
go, with a new agency rising in its place.

I agree.

There have been too many dead children.

Too many abused children.

Too many neglected children.

Look for more on this in the weeks ahead.

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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...