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I listen to the police scanner frequently.

A few days ago, CPS had to get involved because somehow an eight year old ended up in the middle of a highway. Cops showed up first and shut down the highway to safely extract the kid. CPS got to bring the kid back to the parents.

People abuse kids all the time.

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What value did CPS add there?

I think CPS doesn't add value to the road closing. However, they (CPS) are the one need to provide care for the kids after that.

They're extra bodies with more specific responsibilities and, ostensibly (read: ideally), with specialized training.

Have you seen cops? Cops know one thing -- doing violence. They are already terrible at handling folks with mental health needs, folks who aren't neurotypical, folks from other countries or cultures... I don't want them anywhere near kids.

I'm guessing you're American?

Cops over here receive specific psychological training and profiling to deal with all kinds of different people.

From what I understand, police officers in the US do not receive nearly the level of training that they receive in other countries. And much of the training they do receive is indeed about shooting.

Cops are plumbers. They mostly fill out paperwork and look at things (and fill out more paperwork).

Listen to the police scanner sometime. It is mostly boring.

"Dispatch, my arrestee just swallowed a bag of cocaine. Moving to meet EMS" is about as exciting things get.

> Cops are plumbers.

We need plumbers

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