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Hopefully this is the right place to post this. I’ve noticed the topic of the way some DCF/CPS workers manage their caseload has come up in a few threads, so I decided to add this in, as food for thought.
In Florida, a former Pasco County child protective investigator Jennifer Lewis has been arrested and charged with 2 counts of falsifying records. DCF was made aware of the discrepancies after a trainee noticed that Lewis’s written records did not match what actually happened.
“While (the trainee) was reviewing them, she said we were at this house, but we didn’t talk to anybody,” the sheriff said. “And on another occasion, they were at the house, but the CPI investigator, Jennifer Lewis, just put her card there. She didn’t speak to anybody, but what she put in those reports reflected that she actually spoke to people, which is a lie.”
‘The trainee brought the discrepancies to the supervisor very quickly,’ he goes on to say that he applauds both the Child Protective Investigators and the Sheriff’s Office for the culture they’ve built that would give the trainee the courage to come forward and say; ‘I think there’s a problem here.’
Sheriff Chris Nocco also mentioned that they looked into all of Lewis’s cases to ensure the health and safety of the children and that there had already been plans in the works for bodycams and that they have started piloting with their CPI’s.
‘It’s that partnership with our community that they recognize that, if we’re wrong, we’re wrong and if we’re right, we’re right, but it allows everyone to see what is going on and unfortunately sometimes people make false allegations against the CPI so we want to make sure that they are protected, the same way our citizens are protected.’
Ex-Pasco County child protective investigator accused of falsifying reports | WFLA
In Florida, a former Pasco County child protective investigator Jennifer Lewis has been arrested and charged with 2 counts of falsifying records. DCF was made aware of the discrepancies after a trainee noticed that Lewis’s written records did not match what actually happened.
“While (the trainee) was reviewing them, she said we were at this house, but we didn’t talk to anybody,” the sheriff said. “And on another occasion, they were at the house, but the CPI investigator, Jennifer Lewis, just put her card there. She didn’t speak to anybody, but what she put in those reports reflected that she actually spoke to people, which is a lie.”
‘The trainee brought the discrepancies to the supervisor very quickly,’ he goes on to say that he applauds both the Child Protective Investigators and the Sheriff’s Office for the culture they’ve built that would give the trainee the courage to come forward and say; ‘I think there’s a problem here.’
Sheriff Chris Nocco also mentioned that they looked into all of Lewis’s cases to ensure the health and safety of the children and that there had already been plans in the works for bodycams and that they have started piloting with their CPI’s.
‘It’s that partnership with our community that they recognize that, if we’re wrong, we’re wrong and if we’re right, we’re right, but it allows everyone to see what is going on and unfortunately sometimes people make false allegations against the CPI so we want to make sure that they are protected, the same way our citizens are protected.’
Ex-Pasco County child protective investigator accused of falsifying reports | WFLA
