It absolutely appalls me that I've seen so many people criticize and judge this social worker. If you listen to the 911 call you will see that it did take the social worker about 2 minutes to find the address. While two minutes is a long time in such a dire case it's not like it took her 20 minutes to figure out the address. Let me just say, I don't think the outcome would have been any different had she had the address the very second she dialed 911. I believe that for 2 reasons. First and foremost, JP had planned this - IMO, had the cops have arrived there immediately it would only have caused him to set the fire sooner. Secondly, that 911 operator did not listen to that social worker. She blatantly told him she very well thought this could be life threatening and he just blew her off. That ENRAGED me, to say the least. I personally feel that all cases (especially one that involves children + a high profile murder suspect) should be taken very seriously and treated as if they're life threatening. Listening to the way that he responded to the call makes me think that it should be the dispatching company that should be evaluating their response as opposed to the state evaluating the social workers response. I know that this dispatcher didn't know what would happen, but he is a 9-1-1 dispatcher for, heaven’s sake. I may be being a bit harsh, but I would even go so far as to say he should be fired. If you disagree, that's fine, but I would urge you to listen to that call before you make a decision.
I agree. I cut loose with a post yesterday regarding this very issue. Each day, as more and more facts come out, it becomes increasingly obvious just how quickly these little boys met their fate at the hands of this mad man and therefore just how blameless this social worker actually was.
When we learned this
had went at their neck and head with a hatchet and said "I've got a surprise for you" to one child as soon as he shut the door, while the other screams or cries out immediately thereafter, what does basic logic tell you about when the slaughter began?
When documented call logs and simple arithmetic shows that this door likely closed on these little boys lives around 12:03 pm and these same call logs show calls beginning to pour in about the house exploding at 12:16 pm, what kind of training is this social worker supposed to have missed that would affect this 13 minutes?
Did she miss some kind of kung fu class on how to kick a door in?
Did she miss the lesson on how to read the mind of a mad man?
Of the 13 minutes between the door being slammed in her face and the house exploding, some unidentified amount of time on her part was spent in pounding on the door calling for him to let her in, but six minutes and 48 seconds was spent on the phone with 911. Contrary to numerous posts, she DID NOT call her supervisor before placing the 911 call. She was, in fact, on the phone with her supervisor afterwards when the house exploded!
As eager as some appear to be to sit behind their computer screens and pour out the IMO, JHMO, and MOO posts of unfounded criticism, the FACTS speak to a dedicated lady who did the best she could under any reasonable analysis of the circumstances.
