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Old 06-18-2020, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bpascani View Post
I can see a social worker type person (in one or more of those fields) accompanying 2 police officers, but certainly not going alone, AND, only after a WHOLE LOT of extra training for them, and the police officers
A close friend and social worker often goes with police when a child is involved and may need to be taken from the home. It is rough, there are threats, sometimes violence. If it is an older child and he jumps out at a traffic light, the attitude is to let them go or the social worker may get hurt. He then reports the incident. For one trained as a caregiver to go alone is ridiculous.