On 01/25/16 at 15:11 hours, Reporting Officer (R/O) Babczak #293 and Officer Sirgedas #202 responded to 1924 S. 50th Ct. for a Residential Burglary. Upon arrival, R/O spoke with Jesus Gomez Jr. DOB:08/23/98.…
The client arrived on time for her schedule. The client was referred by CPS caseworker Andrea Randolph due to testing positive for Cannabis. It was alleged that they placed the baby in a bag. The client a 27-year-old African American Female who lives with her boyfriend. The client reports having four children ages 10, 8, 5, and 2 months.…
CCIB received CPS referral #0993-5233-4987-7020052; Reporting party (RP): Anonymous; Foster children: Gabrielle Brown, DOB: 02/22/01; Kaylesha Hardgraves, DOB: 01/04/03; Jatia Raymond, DOB: 07/11/00 and D'Shalla Wyrick, DOB: 02/22/00. It was reported that foster mother (FM) Paula Hastings allows the foster children to use alcohol and drugs (not specified) in the home and foster children are allowed to have parties where males between the ages 18-19 attend. RP stated that there are boys and girls gang members of East Coast Gang who "Jumped" the foster children on 10/17/17; the foster children went to the police department and filed a police report on 10/18/17.…
On 11/21/2016, I, Dillon Dickerson, badge #155, was working as a Patrol Officer for the Wichita State University Police Department, in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. At approximately 2315 hours I was asked by Sgt. Garwood #126 to assist with a Death notification at Shocker Hall. Gove County Sheriff, Alan Webber was on campus with the Aunt and Uncle of student Brice Ryan Hackler (WSU ID E776H352).…
IRTC observed documentation entered in Connections by DSS worker, Luis Morales, on 5/11/17 which stated that the subject children were observed and there is no depiction of an observed serious injury. Current foster parent stated that she has not observed the subject children displaying any of the reported behaviors. Due to the reported sexual encounter allegedly occurring between two children who are the same age, this case does not meet the criteria for an IRT. However, if CPS team determines that law enforcement intervention is required for this case, CPS is to contact the SCR to have an LER request submitted to the Special Victim’s…
This 25- year old African American, single, mother of three children comes to Terrell County Department of Family and Children’s services from The Department of Foster Care Services, as a referral intake following her first allegation of an unfit parent due to substance on June 11, 2015. The client was not tested because she admitted drug use and she was positive for marijuana at the baby’s birth. Ms. Jabez admitted she was stressed out and this was why she used marijuana. Ms. Jabez stated she was sexually abused, raped, and was in foster care. Also, she reported she has a psychological process with the Renaissance Center and diagnosed with Anxiety and PTSD, she denied any mental health treatment since 2013.…
Interview: On 08/27/2016 at approximately 8:00 PM, this Investigator conducted an interview with Cody Cummings (DOB: 06-18-02) at the DCS AHIT office (3221 N. 16th St. Phoenix, AZ). According to Cody, he was in a verbal argument with his mother approximately three weeks ago and was kicked out of his home by his mother as a result of the argument. Cody stated that the argument was over him acting out and not listening to what his mother tells him to do. Cody said that he had frequent verbal arguments with his mother by he has never done anything physical to her or anyone else in the household.…
O’Neil acknowledged during the children’s initial placement in her home, there were instances when she took the children to Ms. Molina’s residence to spend the night while she went out of town to complete requirements to obtain a professional license. Ms. O’Neil conveyed that during those instances, Ms. Molina was still a foster parent for Leake and Watts and the agency was aware that the children were sending nights in her residence. Ms. O’Neil articulated that the agency did not have any issue with the children spending nights with Ms. Molina. Ms. O’Neil expressed that since Ms. Molina is providing foster care services for another agency, she brought the children to her home to spend the day, but they returned home that same…
This story shows how the child protective service has a very flawed system in place. All over the United State people are distrusting how these offices operate. So many lawsuits have been filed against Child Services due to either there neglect or mishandling of cases. I feel this is a very reliable and useful resource for my final project .…
As an intern, I didn 't have this case on my own since my agency will not let us have our own case until later in the year. It is a CPS case that I assisted an investigative social worker with. I aided the social worker with some of the interviews. Thus, I also went with the social worker to pick up the children and their belongings so that they could go with their safety resource; which was their grandparents. When we went to the home we had to have law enforcement involved due to the mother’s boyfriend being a potential threat.…
Mandated reporting is meant to increase the safety net for children. By expanding the safety net to include those that are already interacting with them on a daily basis the chance that someone will notice signs of abuse are increase exponentially. These laws were necessary, not because those interacting and working with children and families were callous and uncaring; professionals working with families are often concern with the sequelae of such accusations. There are many reasons a professional may second-guess the wisdom of making such reports. One of the primary thoughts in my mind when reporting suspected child abuse or neglect is that this type of accusation will irreparably destroy any working relationship they may have with the family.…
Overcrowded homes and understaffed Child Protective Services (CPS) offices has threatened the foster care system in the Dallas-Forth Worth metroplex for many years; recently, however, it has proven to be a problem that we can no longer turn a blind eye to. The Dallas News reports that in Dallas ISD alone, there are approximately 3,600 students without homes. They furthers that many children without homes “simply stop going to school and hide on the streets”. With a high demand and a low supply, foster homes in Dallas are severely overcrowded. This has elicited more and more children sleeping in the Child Protective Services offices.…
Unfortunately, I have encountered a situation where there was suspicion of sexual abuse of a child. An employee of mine reported a situation they felt was inappropriate. The employee was working with a young man who received our services who had an accident while in the community. The employee returned the young man to the home to change clothing and found the grandfather of the child laying in bed with the younger 5 year old sister. The employee reported he could not verify any wrong-doing was occurring, however, neither the grandfather nor the girl stepped out from underneath the covers.…
I am calling on everyone to take responsibility for those we see who may be victims. If you see a teen who may be homeless or a runaway, call law enforcement for help or call 2-1-1, a service providing statewide…
Public Administrators are often placed in a situation that requires them to practice discretion. By discretion, I am referring to the ability to decide and make important decisions, when instructions are not clear or given; on what is right and wrong in a particular situation. This goes back to Finer and Friedrich on how they believe public professionals should handle situations. Finer suggested that they should strictly follow the guidelines of the legislature. While Friedrich stated that they should be able to make these important decisions, for what they believe the public need, based on the education and experiences that they accumulated (Morgan, 423).…