Police report pregnant woman to social services

Gary L · 10-11-2009, 11:16

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A pregnant woman who invited a policewoman into her half- decorated home ended up being reported to social workers for being a potentially unfit mother.

The officer did not mention that she was unhappy about the state of Mrs Cooke's rented house, but after leaving wrote a memo to the social services.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: 'Our officers aim to act in the best interests of everyone they come into contact with.

'Their role can include making sure people get any extra help and support they might need.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ated-home.html

So social services are going to give her the help she needs to get the decorating finished, and send some decorators around then, or just put her on the at risk list?

Another member of the public who has probably lost respect for the gestapo police.

Stuart · 10-11-2009, 11:21

Actually, Social Services are doing nothing..

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'Now they've accepted that the policewoman may have been a little over zealous, so none of this will go against me in the future. They've decided to let the matter rest.

You might want to try reading the article..

punky · 10-11-2009, 11:22

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Originally Posted by Gary L

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ated-home.html

So social services are going to give her the help she needs to get the decorating finished, and send some decorators around then, or just put her on the at risk list?

Another member of the public who has probably lost respect for the gestapo police.

Yes, because the last thing we need in this day and age is the police and social services actually trying to work together for child protection.

Have you actually been paying attention the last few years at all?

If the policewoman thought the police was unfit to raise a child then she its her job, if not her duty to report it. Its social services job to follow up on the claim and assess whether it is valid or not.

Gary L · 10-11-2009, 11:28

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

Actually, Social Services are doing nothing..

You might want to try reading the article..

Just as I thought. no help with the decorating then.

Stuart · 10-11-2009, 11:29

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Originally Posted by Gary L

Just as I thought. no help with the decorating then.

No, but they are taking no further action either, so the article is actually pointless.

Gary L · 10-11-2009, 11:29

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Originally Posted by punky

If the policewoman thought the police was unfit to raise a child then she its her job, if not her duty to report it. Its social services job to follow up on the claim and assess whether it is valid or not.

A house that's in the process of being decorated isn't much for concern, is it?

Stuart · 10-11-2009, 11:31

Which is why they accepted that the Policewoman was a little overzealous. Remember, the Policewoman saw the house. The person she sent the memo to didn't, so for all they knew, the house could actually have been unfit for human habitation, so they may have needed to investigate.

10-11-2009, 11:31

well you do not want nails and debris lying around once the baby is mobile but while it is still in the womb the baby is safe unless the woman stands on a nail and get tetanus or falls over

Gary L · 10-11-2009, 11:32

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

No, but they are taking no further action either, so the article is actually pointless.

What action is there to take on a pregnant woman on a half decorated house?
it's not so much the SS, it's the thinking of the police that this was considered to be such a risk that they thought the SS should look into it.

punky · 10-11-2009, 11:33

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Originally Posted by Gary L

A house that's in the process of being decorated isn't much for concern, is it?

Ahh, yes, taking The Daily Fail's word verbatium. That's usually reliable isn't it?

Stuart · 10-11-2009, 11:38

Actually, looking at that article, the standard of journalism is appalling (although sadly par for the course for the Mail).

The headline, at best, misses half the story and at worst is false. The reporter appears to have gone in with a definate bias, and seems determined to make it look like another case of big brother interfering with our rights, and they even refer back to a story about a woman smacking her child in a supermarket (which actually isn't either relevant or fair to the woman who has been reported to the social services).

Finally, they don't even have the balls to publish the name of the hack that wrote it.

Gary L · 10-11-2009, 11:40

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Originally Posted by punky

Ahh, yes, taking The Daily Fail's word verbatium. That's usually reliable isn't it?

Give yourself a pat on the back for the 'Daily Fail' mention of the day.

Stuart · 10-11-2009, 11:40

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Originally Posted by Gary L

What action is there to take on a pregnant woman on a half decorated house?
it's not so much the SS, it's the thinking of the police that this was considered to be such a risk that they thought the SS should look into it.

Exactly. What action is there to take? None. Hence them not taking any.

Also, we don't know that the police woman thought there was a risk. She could have thought the Social Security department would offer help..

Gary L · 10-11-2009, 11:45

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

Actually, looking at that article, the standard of journalism is appalling (although sadly par for the course for the Mail).

She's 10 weeks pregnant. she felt the police were judging her.
these are probably irrelevant facts compared to the fact that the 'Daily Fail' reported it.

Telegraph reports her as being 10 weeks.

**Chris** · 10-11-2009, 11:48

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seems determined to make it look like another case of big brother interfering with our rights

Well they didn't pull the wool over your eyes then ...

That is exactly what the Wail is up to. They, like the ****, are engaged in a massive artillery barrage designed to soften up the Labour lines so that come the General Election there is absolutely no chance whatsoever of G. Brown doing a J. Major and retaining power by the skin of his teeth.

That's why your super soaraway Sun has spent three days (count 'em) making headline news out of a spelling mistake and why this forum has almost one thread per day from the Daily Mail on issues of State interference or race relations issues. These are what's known as dog-whistle campaigns, designed to rile up anyone who has a tendency to be riled up by such issues.

For the generally uneducated readership of the Sun, it's about disrespect innit. That Brown disrespectin our boys or summink. And for the blinkered little Englanders who prefer the Wail, it's poltical correctness gone mad, 1984 come true, etc etc etc.