"Authorities said they had reason to believe Shiflett mistreated his 11-year-old

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"Authorities said they had reason to believe Shiflett mistreated his 11-year-old son, Jon, by failing to provide him proper medical care for a head injury. But Shiflett says his privacy and his rights were invaded, and that he has the right and the skill to treat his son himself. Shiflett, 62, said he served as a medic in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive." Most of you know, I'm very much on the side of EMS and Law Enforcement, but there is no excuse for what the Social Services and the SWAT team did to this family. Emergency Medical Workers are required by law to report any suspicion of child neglect or abuse. This is the kind of thing that made that requirement one of the hardest parts of the job for me. While I didn't want to leave kids in the hands of monster parents, I was equally scared of putting them in the hands of Social Services. I had to decide what was better for the child, the possibility of continued abuse at home, or the kind of abuse that is legal and "warranted". "The doctor's recommendation: Take Tylenol and apply ice to the bruises. The boy was back home a few hours later." From the know nothing waste of a robe Judge who issued such a stupid order to the leadership of the "SWAT" team and the "officers" who made up the team... none of them deserve to be employed anymore, nor should this get swept under the rug and forgotten. They are a pox on the good name of SWAT, American Justice and what should be Child PROTECTIVE Services. http://lpcolorado.blogs.com/lpcolorado/2008/01/police-thugs-ab.html