TPD calling DHS

[custosnox]

This is for the legal eagles out there, and any of our TPD posters.
      I just found out that my aunt witnessed a child getting beat by her mother this morning in a back yard adjacent to her's.  She made a call to TPD who responded.  After visiting with the family, the officer told my aunt that they could do nothing because there was no visible injuries (bruises on the face, ect.) and that she needed to call DHS because the house was in such a bad state that they could not even go into it. 
     What I want to know is why TPD could not contact DHS.  My aunt can't report the conditions of the house because she did not witness that.  It would make sense to me that TPD, after receiving a complaint of child abuse and witnessing the condition of the home would have requested a DHS agent to respond, and maybe even do so while the officer was still on the scene.

[morningstar]

This is for the legal eagles out there, and any of our TPD posters.
      I just found out that my aunt witnessed a child getting beat by her mother this morning in a back yard adjacent to her's.  She made a call to TPD who responded.  After visiting with the family, the officer told my aunt that they could do nothing because there was no visible injuries (bruises on the face, ect.) and that she needed to call DHS because the house was in such a bad state that they could not even go into it. 
     What I want to know is why TPD could not contact DHS.  My aunt can't report the conditions of the house because she did not witness that.  It would make sense to me that TPD, after receiving a complaint of child abuse and witnessing the condition of the home would have requested a DHS agent to respond, and maybe even do so while the officer was still on the scene.

The TPD could AND should have contacted DHS. I'm sure the TPD didn't undress the child and check for injuries, which is what the DHS would have done. S/he would have been taken to the hospital ER and checked by the on call physician to determine the extent of/ OR injuries.
  What's wrong with those people!!? 

[guido911]

Here's the reporting statute:

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeid=455989

[custosnox]

Here's the reporting statute:

http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeid=455989

What I get from this is that the officer was required to report it to DHS once neglect was witnessed.  However, this applies to everyone.  Shouldn't the officer, as an official of the city, have a further duty on this?

[fotd]

Waited to see if anybody at TNF reads the WSJ....and obviously not. Front page today...lengthy article.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704508904575192351090107196.html

Arrests are down %25 as fewer crimes are being investigated....not good for economic development.

"Mayor Bartlett says if trouble brews this summer, Tulsa can contract with the non-unionized county sheriff's department to help, at far lower cost than hiring more full-time cops. Mr. Bartlett also aims to push more of the existing force into beat patrols by hiring lower-paid civilians to handle chores like maintaining records. Citizens won't care, he says. "They just want to be safe."

"The proposal infuriates police, who see the plan as another stab at union busting, an accusation Mr. Bartlett denies."

"STRAIN IS BEGGINING TO SHOW!"

Read up....people all over the world are getting educated!