Category: CPS In The News
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CPS in Allegan County Accused of Screwing Up Again
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes” is an old Latin quote that means, “who watches the watchers?”, or more simply, “who guards the guards?” And when it comes to Michigan’s Child Protective Agency, this couldn’t be a more poignant question. But the answer in this case is the Office of Children’s Ombudsman. The Office of Children’s…
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Will CPS Take Kids From Flint Families Without Water?
A while back, during the earlier part of the media uproar surrounding the Flint water crisis, claims began to circulate on the internet. Claims that CPS was going to be taking children away from Flint parents because they had chosen not to pay for their poisonous, lead-loaded water, which they couldn’t safely use to begin…
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Do Water Shut Offs Mean CPS Can Take Your Children Away?
The city of Flint has a long history of bad press, and the recent problems with the water rates have done little to help that problem. But aside from the city’s troubles following the recent court ruling requiring that they cut water prices and stop disconnecting people’s supply lines when bills go unpaid, the city…
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Does CPS Have a History With Traverse City’s Murder-Suicide Family?
On the 13th of August, MSP Troopers found four bodies inside a home in Garfield Township. A couple and their two children, dead in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. But as the investigation unfolds, it seems there are more questions than answers. According to the Michigan State Police , they are currently looking…
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Woman Tasered by Cops After Attacking CPS Worker
Few restaurants can claim to have hosted so many crazy, outlandish, and even violent events as good old Mickey D’s. Everything from horses in the drive thru, to numerous instances of violence between customers and employees, the store beneath the golden arches has seen it all. So it may come as no surprise that a…
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Murder Suicide Leaves Orphaned 6-Year-Old In CPS Care
In the early hours of the morning on May 29th, neighbors woke up to the sound of a weeping child in the street. The little boy was a 6-year-old resident of Lansing’s southside. Neighbors who found him called 911, unsure of what was wrong or why he was roaming the streets at 1am. The child…
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Court Of Appeals: CPS Workers In Calista Springer Case Are Immune From Lawsuits
The Michigan Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling by a St. Joseph County Circuit judge which denied a request by two CPS workers to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them in 2010. The lawsuit was filed by Suzanne Langdon, the grandmother of 16-year-old Calista Springer, who died in the 2008 fire that destroyed her…