Category: CPS In The News
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Mom Charged With Abuse For “Unnecessary Medical Treatments”! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been talking about a case that’s unfolding right now in our neighboring state of Wisconsin regarding a mother who is accused of abusing her daughter by subjecting her to unnecessary and invasive surgical procedures. In essence, it’s a classic case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, or that’s…
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Should Michigan CPS Replace Their Flawed Multi-million Dollar Software? (Pt 2)
Hey there, thanks for joining us for this look at the serious issue faced by Michigan CPS right now – what to do about their terrible software. As we mentioned in the previous article, the federal court required Kurt Heisler, an independent consultant, to do a complete analysis and figure out what was wrong with…
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Texas Judge Orders Sanctions Against CPS For Wrongful Removal (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been discussing a case that’s made headlines all over the US in the last few days. It took place in Texas, but is symptomatic of what’s happening all over the country, and particularly here in Michigan – where CPS is tearing families apart with no regard for…
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The House Oversight Committee Begins CPS Hearings.
If you follow our blog, then you already know that a recent audit done by the Office of the Auditor General, called CPS out on the frightening number of things they were mismanaging,. They’ve also made it plain that things need to change. But how exactly are we going to implement that change? Well,…
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Charges Upheld Against L.A. CPS Workers For Boy’s Horrific Death
In 2013, 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez died after being beaten, burned, and shot with B.B.s by his mother and her boyfriend. Medical staff said they removed B.B. pellets from his groin and lung in the aftermath. Horrific as his death was, however, what made it so much worse was the fact that it didn’t come as…
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Gov. Snyder Forms a Team to Address CPS’s “Unacceptable” Failures!
The fact that what CPS does is sometimes “unacceptable” might be news to other people, but we’ve been saying it for decades. So the news story making the rounds right now about the new watchdog assigned to investigate CPS and the unspeakable number of badly mismanaged cases they’ve botched in recent years comes as no…
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“Gun-Toting Santa” Suing For Losing His job at CPS
Facebook has long been associated with ruined relationships and lost jobs. Countless people have ended up in divorce court because of unfortunate pictures they (or someone else) posted on social media, and a startling number of people have jeopardized their careers because of how they chose to represent themselves online. And this story is no…
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CPS Investigator Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Minor
People whose jobs require that they hold others accountable for their actions, are rarely cut any slack when they themselves violate the law. Police officers who assault others, judges who abuse drugs and prosecutors who hire prostitutes are all viewed as being worse than the average violator when they screw up. So it comes as…
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Unsecured Guns in Your Home Could Spell Disaster! (Pt. 1)
There is hardly a season that goes by anymore without some very unfortunately news making the headlines about an injured child, and a gun that was left where they could get it. Whether it’s in a glovebox of the parent’s car, in a closet at home, or tucked under the bed where it’s available for…
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There’s no Evidence That CPS Managers Manipulated Caseload Data!
According to a Lansing State Journal article, published in May of 2017, they had uncovered evidence of at least three Michigan counties where CPS supervisors allegedly intentionally logged inaccurate data about active, ongoing abuse cases. Why? Because, according to a number of current and previous employees the LSJ interviewed, supervisors were trying to make it…