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Cops Barge Into Calif. Parents Home, Take Their Baby After They Seek 2nd Medical Op.
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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2182693" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>I have to be a little circumspect with my comments but here goes...</p><p></p><p>First, I am not a dedicated complainer about government, I spent an entire career as a military officer and now work for the government as a civilian. My wife works as a volunteer case worker in an organization that frequently deals with DHS and my assessment is that I have never seen such a dysfunctional, self-serving, organizational imperative oriented organization as OK DHS (and I hail originally from NY the Mecca of dysfunctional organizations). </p><p></p><p>Even worse though, is that once DHS, for good or ill, has their hooks into a parent it is very, very difficult for the parents(s) to get out from under the cloud of suspicion, or even more seriously regain control of their lives and their family. DHS seems, to me, to function on a fairly arbitrary basis with standards for starting or terminating interventions in people's private lives varying widely from case to case. In addition, DHS seems very susceptible (perhaps because of current limited accountability to a strong executive) to political pressure to amend findings or create barriers as is expedient to "please" influential authorities. What I have learned most from being an outside observer is that any government agency must be watched like a hawk because once power to intervene in people's lives is ceded the tendency to intervene, arbitrarily and capriciously at times, becomes overwhelming.</p><p></p><p>One can certainly argue that some government intervention is necessary from time to time with bad parents, but the companion to that should be that any intervention capability has to be guided by clear and consistent principles (due process) with accountability for the agency and clear appeals processes and rights for parents.</p><p></p><p>Sorry - rant off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2182693, member: 18914"] I have to be a little circumspect with my comments but here goes... First, I am not a dedicated complainer about government, I spent an entire career as a military officer and now work for the government as a civilian. My wife works as a volunteer case worker in an organization that frequently deals with DHS and my assessment is that I have never seen such a dysfunctional, self-serving, organizational imperative oriented organization as OK DHS (and I hail originally from NY the Mecca of dysfunctional organizations). Even worse though, is that once DHS, for good or ill, has their hooks into a parent it is very, very difficult for the parents(s) to get out from under the cloud of suspicion, or even more seriously regain control of their lives and their family. DHS seems, to me, to function on a fairly arbitrary basis with standards for starting or terminating interventions in people's private lives varying widely from case to case. In addition, DHS seems very susceptible (perhaps because of current limited accountability to a strong executive) to political pressure to amend findings or create barriers as is expedient to "please" influential authorities. What I have learned most from being an outside observer is that any government agency must be watched like a hawk because once power to intervene in people's lives is ceded the tendency to intervene, arbitrarily and capriciously at times, becomes overwhelming. One can certainly argue that some government intervention is necessary from time to time with bad parents, but the companion to that should be that any intervention capability has to be guided by clear and consistent principles (due process) with accountability for the agency and clear appeals processes and rights for parents. Sorry - rant off. [/QUOTE]
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