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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by BitwiseFool on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:49PM (#33627340)
I suspect child services / social workers are punished far more severely for false negatives than false positives. I think it is safe to say the outrage of failing to save a child would outweigh the embarrassment of a false positive such as this. I could easily see major news outlets and local politicians raising hell for failing to stop abuse but raising far less hell for something like this.
Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by kneebonian on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:12PM (#33627766)
I have had multiple experiences with multiple CPS departments through multiple friends and family members. CPS hardly ever does anything and are largely useless. The only time they did anything was when the police opened up a second investigation because of the problems, and they told them "Don't talk to CPS talk to the cops and have them talk to CPS".

Assume the default for these kinds of agencies is false negatives.