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Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / November 2006NC Worker locks 3 Month old in car on 80 degree day
NC http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060831/NEWSREC0101/60831006 Article published Aug 31, 2006 DSS worker charged with child abuse >From Staff Reports WENTWORTH - A 60-year-old county social services worker was arrested and charged with misdemeanor child abuse after an infant was found locked in an unattended car Friday, the sheriff's office reported this morning. Betty C. Vaughn, of 2550 Holiday Loop in Reidsville, was released on a written promise to appear in court Sept. 18, according to the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office. Vaughn is a community service technician who assists social workers at the Rockingham County Division of Social Services. On Friday, Vaughn took the child with her to the DSS office in Wentworth, leaving the 3-month-old child locked in her car for about five minutes while she was inside, according to the sheriff's office. Outside temperatures were about 80 degrees. Another DSS employee saw the child and reported the incident. Vaughn was driving the child as part of her routine duties, said Larry Johnson, the agency's director. Vaughn was suspended with pay pending the outcome of the investigation, Johnson said. Johnson said the child was not harmed in the Friday incident. > NC > http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060831/NEWSREC0101/60831006 [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Johnson said the child was not harmed in the Friday incident. Whew. ...what a relief. Thanks for posting this, Greg. It is good to see another example of CPS handing incompetence in such a forceful an immediate manner. I'd have thought though, you have searched harder for a story where they did a cover up...got any? Much more entertaining. Do you wish the child died so you could crow some more? 0:-> > Thanks for posting this, Greg. It is good to see another example of CPS > handing incompetence in such a forceful an immediate manner. forceful and immediate vacation with pay? > Vaughn was suspended with pay pending the outcome > of the investigation, Johnson said. What a gig! Paid vacation! No wonder they keep doing this stuff! The "experts" who criticize parents... > > Thanks for posting this, Greg. It is good to see another example of CPS > > handing incompetence in such a forceful an immediate manner. > > forceful and immediate vacation with pay? A worker saw it, reported it, and an immediate investigation was openned. You wish the worker penalized before the investigation completed? This level of worker barely meets poverty level income in most states, Greg. She could lose her home, her own car, have to skip meals or not be able to pay for meds ... she was, if you recall, 60 years old, still working and I assure you, on a very small salary. Would you like to be investigated and YOUR income stopped completely during the period of the investigation? > > Vaughn was suspended with pay pending the outcome > > of the investigation, Johnson said. > > What a gig! Paid vacation! Not likely to take more than a day, Greg, possibly two if the union is involved. > No wonder they keep doing this stuff! I doubt the elderly worker sees it that way. And if she is found guilty and punished? > The "experts" who criticize parents... People who transport children are low paid (about clerical staff rate), often part time, and do not act as "experts" who are critcizing parents. In fact, Greg, a caseworkers job does not include criticizing parents. Let me give you a lesson again. This is called, "information." You will forget it, but I never give up on you: The ideal would be that children were transported by only fully qualified caseworkers, but alas two things stop that. One is that funding for CPS has been steeply reduced over the past three decades, and two, all business, private and public follows a similar job description plan...lower pay, lower qualifications required. You seemed blissifully immune from noticing two things...five minutes, no mention if the car was ventilated, and the child was not harmed. Oh, and one other thing. The case is not completed yet. It could be the car and child were being watched by someone. Anything is possible when it says, "...pending the outcome of the investigation..." 0:-] > > > Thanks for posting this, Greg. It is good to see another example of CPS > > > handing incompetence in such a forceful an immediate manner. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > You wish the worker penalized before the investigation completed? Parents and children are. > This level of worker barely meets poverty level income in most states, > Greg. > She could lose her home, her own car, have to skip meals or not be able > to pay for meds ... she was, if you recall, 60 years old, still working > and I assure you, on a very small salary. But if a parent did what she did, it would be a CRIMINAL charge! You think the agency backs off on a family because of these "sob story" things you pointed out? > Would you like to be investigated and YOUR income stopped completely > during the period of the investigation? Should be restored after she is found innocent. Not a chance. > > > Vaughn was suspended with pay pending the outcome > > > of the investigation, Johnson said. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > In fact, Greg, a caseworkers job does not include criticizing parents. Then we've had some going WAY outside of their job description! > Let me give you a lesson again. This is called, "information." You will > forget it, but I never give up on you: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > You seemed blissifully immune from noticing two things...five minutes, > no mention if the car was ventilated, and the child was not harmed. Do you think "ventilation" would stave off a criminal charge against a parent? > Oh, and one other thing. The case is not completed yet. > It could be the car and child were being watched by someone. Anything > is possible when it says, "...pending the outcome of the > investigation..." Usually this means until the public interest in this dies off and they can cover their own rears without any attention. The Iowa DHS Cherokee facility enema fiasco was like that. Iowa DHS ruled that Iowa DHS was innocent of child abuse. > > > > Thanks for posting this, Greg. It is good to see another example of CPS > > > > handing incompetence in such a forceful an immediate manner. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Parents and children are. That is not only not an answer to the question asked....what is your wish as to when workers should be penalized, and no, parents and children receive NO punishment before the investigation is completed. In a high percentage of investigations, as you know, since the data has been posted here many times over the years, do not result in any action other than closing the case immediately, with the most difficulty simply being interviewed. Again you are, as I have seen criminals do, claiming that no investigation should be done unless the proof is already in. A total breakdown of logic and reality. > > This level of worker barely meets poverty level income in most states, > > Greg. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > But if a parent did what she did, it would be a CRIMINAL charge! You don't know that. No harm to the child, we don't even know the circumstances yet, and the parent would simpy be facing what that worker is, an investigation. > You think the agency backs off on a family because of > these "sob story" things you pointed out? Yes. And they are not sob story things, they are reality for parents as well. Not every instance of a parent leaving a child in a car for five minutes results in a criminal charge, Greg. You are making a charge that it is so let's see you support it with facts. Post instances. > > Would you like to be investigated and YOUR income stopped completely > > during the period of the investigation? > > Should be restored after she is found innocent. > Not a chance. The period of the investigation, as I said, will be less than three days tops. She's not going to get rich in that time. She likely has more vacation time accrued to collect than that. > > > > Vaughn was suspended with pay pending the outcome > > > > of the investigation, Johnson said. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > often part time, and do not act as "experts" who are critcizing > > parents. You just skip by the parts you can't handle, Greg. Why is that? > > In fact, Greg, a caseworkers job does not include criticizing parents. > > Then we've had some going WAY outside of their job description! You are a very inspirational individual, Greg. > > Let me give you a lesson again. This is called, "information." You will > > forget it, but I never give up on you: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Do you think "ventilation" would stave off a criminal charge against a > parent? Yes. Do you think it wouldn't? Do you honestly believe that ever reported incident of this kind, if no harm came to the child would result in a criminal charge? Show us the statutes. And note, you must stick to YOUR careful discrimination between civil and 'criminal' charges forever, since you've babbled about them for years now. > > Oh, and one other thing. The case is not completed yet. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Usually this means until the public interest in this dies > off and they can cover their own rears without any attention. Which would apply equally to parents. Without harm to the child Greg, most prosecutors would cut this loose without charges being filed. It would make a judge totally pissed to see cases where not harm occurred. > The Iowa DHS Cherokee facility enema fiasco was like that. It was nothing like this case, and in the real world what "case" doesn't hold less interest for the public after a time. > Iowa DHS ruled that Iowa DHS was innocent of child abuse. And what proof do you have the the passage of time, and the "cooling" effect thereby, wsa the deciding factor in this ruling. I'm curious about it though. Please cite the story where DHS workers gave enemas. Thanks. > > > > forceful and immediate vacation with pay? > > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > wish as to when workers should be penalized, and no, parents and > children receive NO punishment before the investigation is completed. Child Removal is a grievous harm in itself. > Without harm to the child Greg, most prosecutors would cut this loose > without charges being filed. It would make a judge totally pissed to > see cases where not harm occurred. Criminal court yes, ADMINISTRATIVE NO! They THRIVE on the phrase "at risk of" (Chicken Little!). > Please cite the story where DHS workers gave enemas. ""Please cite the story where DHS workers gave enemas."" The location of this story is secret. Unknown sourses think it best to not let the CPS/enema thing out of the 'bag' because the offices are not set up to handle the rush of perverts that would result. Thak you for your attention to the matter of - CPA gives enemas. > ""Please cite the story where DHS workers gave enemas."" > > The location of this story is secret. Of course it is. <smile> > Unknown sourses think it best to not > let the CPS/enema thing out of the 'bag' because the offices are not set up > to handle the rush of perverts that would result. Disappointed? > Thak you for your attention to the matter of - No no, 'Thak' you. > CPA gives enemas. My daughter is about to take the CPA certification exams for another state. I'll ask her if accountants are now required to give clients enemas. It's sure to be referred to on the exam. Funny how your particular brand of humor always seems to pop up just when you have failed to answer logically or honestly the questions and challenges put to you. Laughter under pressure, Dennis? Yes, that was often your nervous tic displayed here when you were caught lying. 0:-> ""Please cite the story where DHS workers gave enemas."" The location of this story is secret. Unknown [sources] think it best to not let the CPS/enema thing out of the 'bag' because the offices are not set up to handle the rush of perverts that would result. [Thank] you for your attention to the matter of - [CPS] gives enemas. http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/18155605.html Boy's enema treatments prompt DHS investigation The agency will investigate the case of an 11-year-old boy hospitalized at a state mental institution. By FRANK SANTIAGO Register Staff Writer 05/10/2002 The Department of Human Services will investigate the treatment of an 11-year-old patient at the Cherokee Mental Health Institute who was subjected to enemas to control his behavior, officials said Thursday. Department spokesman Roger Munns described internal investigations as routine in cases where questions are raised about practices at department operations like the Cherokee hospital. In the case of Patrick Dilworth, he said, issues were raised in a report last weekend in the Des Moines Sunday Register and by other sources, including lawyers for the family. Munns didn't say who would do the internal investigation or how long it would take. Patrick, of Des Moines, has been at Cherokee's 14-bed locked ward for children with extreme behavioral problems since October. Records and interviews revealed he was forced to wear diapers and forbidden to bathe after episodes of smearing feces on himself and walls. The enemas were done about 10 times. A Polk County judge issued a restraining order barring the treatment of the boy after lawyers for the family claimed it was abusive. Lisa Munyon, the boy's mother, said she was delighted there would be an investigation. "This is great, and I hope something is done," she said. "There are other children there, too." Munyon said she was attempting to obtain a judge's order to move Patrick from Cherokee to another institution. "There are two general questions," Munns said Thursday. "The first one: Did we follow our own procedures, and were they appropriate? Specifically, did the internal ethics committee and the internal human rights committee meet in a timely and professional manner?" The two committees generally review treatment plans. "The second question is: Even if we responded correctly on this level, should there be an additional threshold, an additional standard, in extreme cases, specifically cases that require a treatment known to be extremely rare? That would include enemas." Munns declined to discuss the Cherokee case further, citing laws about confidentiality. "It doesn't take a lawyer or a newspaper to check our procedures," he said. "Whenever there is a question about the handling of a child in need, we review our procedures." Munyon said her son had been to several psychologists, but there is no agreement on a diagnosis. Some have said the boy suffers from attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. The boy's lawyer, Amy Kepes of the Youth Law Center in Des Moines, described the treatment as punishment "akin to medical rape." Several specialists in child behavior said in interviews that the enemas weren't acceptable treatment and could be harmful to the boy. > ""Please cite the story where DHS workers gave enemas."" > The location of this story is secret. Unknown [sources] think it best [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to handle the rush of perverts that would result. > [Thank] you for your attention to the matter of - [CPS] gives enemas. Let me see now ... DHS investigates an enema giving situation and YOU claimed CPS .. a subsidiary of DHS did the enema giving. Last I heard a mental ward is NOT under CPS jurisdiction. When did Cherokee Mental Health Institute become CPS in Iowa, or DHS for that matter, Greg? Would you like to restate your case against CPS/DHS regarding this incident? You don't seen the connection between removing fecal matter from the boys bowel and the use he makes of fecal matter, if he can get his hands on it? Fecal matter is not sterile, Greg, and it has to be cleaned up. To stop his smearing there are other possibly methods, but I see none of them as being MORE humane than removing the play material he uses it for. One would be to keep him drugged. Would you prefer that? Another would be to keep him restrained. Would you prefer that? One would be to assign him three workers, each full time, to supervise...and obviously have to physically restrain him at times. Would you prefer that? And will you pay from three shifts of workers? Do you accept that burden for the taxpayers? And no, Greg, the claims of the family and attorney are NOT true. Enemas are not harmful in and of themselves if not "high colonics" but simply the removal of fecal matter from the lower bowel area. If it were dangerous then sh.tting would be dangerous. Thanks for once again giving us a little insight into the working of Greg's mind. How this became, Oliver Sutton, a CPS responsibility is beyond me. (have you figured out REALLY who OS is? ... keep thinking) Can you explain how you came to think that CPS give enemas? Thank you in advance. Kane > http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/18155605.html > [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] > Several specialists in child behavior said in interviews that the > enemas weren't acceptable treatment and could be harmful to the boy. Are you blaming me for what the Des Moines Register wrote Kane? Do you think the Des Moines Register had their facts wrong about the Cherokee facility being run by Iowa DHS? "Department spokesman" is a euphamism for Public Relations person or lobbyist. > forbidden to bathe after episodes of smearing feces on > himself and walls. The enemas were done about 10 times. Kane wrote > Can you explain how you came to think that CPS give enemas? http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/18155605.html > > Boy's enema treatments prompt DHS investigation > > The agency will investigate the case of an 11-year-old boy hospitalized [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > > Several specialists in child behavior said in interviews that the > > enemas weren't acceptable treatment and could be harmful to the boy. |
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