What if you beleive a child is being abused and the parent is an officer of the law ?

Question

Has been reported twice. human services does nothing. This person is in totally controll and the child is totally helpless!!!

Answer 1

Report it to the chief or sheriff of the department. You may want to cc: your attorney and the local District Attorney.

The State Police may help if they are not just a highway-patrol type organization (this varies from state to state). Otherwise, your state likely has its own Bureau of Investigation or Law Enforcement Division that can investigate matters of culpability in case something goes terribly wrong.

If you contact more than one of these organizations, cc: all of them with the same correspondence. This way it's all out on the table and less likely that one or two people can just "sweep it under the rug."

Answer 2

Make sure you know the difference between discipline and abuse.
I've seen tons of police officer get into trouble for abusing their children or spouses.
Once it is determined it is abuse - then try a little harder to get it reported. The best place to start (after the abuse is determined) is with the child's school (if the child is in school) and then let the school take if from there. If the child is not yet in school then it needs to be reported to the police, preferably someone higher up than the police officer in question. They will do the investigation and determine if they can get the officer to stop his abuse or report it to social services and let them handle it.
Agencies will listen to schools or other agencies before they will a private citizen.

Answer 3

If it has been reported twice then it has been investigated twice.
Since no one is above the law, I can only assume that you are mistaken & the child is not being abused. Things are not always what they seem. Keep an eye & report any new type of abuse though. Schools keep a close check too.

Answer 4

Bypass the local system and report it to the head of Human Services at the state level at the state capitol

Answer 5

Send a Special Delivery letter/return receipt
requested to the Attorney General's Office in your
state. Mark it "IMPORTANT-MUST READ'
Give all the particulars you know and specific
incidents. You must be ready to stand up for this
child, or don't start the action because I can
guarantee--heads will roll.

Answer 6

child protective services is not part of the police (im not sure if thats what you meant by human services). and they would just taking the kid the first call they got there would have to be multiple infractions. and if you went to any other authority they would still have to go to child protective services.

Answer 7

Jan, If he is being reported there must have been an investigation.
If you truely feel this child is at risk it is your duty to keep reporting.

Answer 8

I would go to the state police, or another department in the area, tell them that nothing has been done and it continues to happen.. no child should have to go through that, no matter who or what their parent is...

Answer 9

contact internal affairs. as soon as investigation starts, he is screwed. he goes to prison for child abuse charge and gets raped by other inmates. his career as a law enforcement officer is over. he gets released from prison 5 years later and get a job as a security guard for rappers.

Answer 10

well to elaborate on the situation would help a lot...i dont know what to tell you call cps again talk to the school maybe they can step in and help...who cares if this parent is working for the law? maybe what you call abuse is not really abuse?