Manchester PD often fail to respond to DCYF. When they are called to assist they often ask if DCYF could please postpone the emergency. Often they don't show up at all. When they do, they make the situation way more traumatic than necessary.

The worst of MPD, though, is that they don't investigate child crimes if they don't think there's a win in it. I had a group of kids telling everyone super detailed stuff about what was done to them, but because they were very young, MPD refused to even interview them. Literally allowing child sex traffickers to wander loose. And giving these poor kids the impression that no one cares about what was done to them. They don't even bother to start collecting evidence if they think it won't get through to a conviction.

DCYF is 90% women.

Drugs magically disappearing would only change caseloads by 5%, maybe 10%-- eveb though well over half of cases involve substances in some way. People who use drugs to the extent that leads to their children being removed are using substances to escape serious trauma or mental health issues. Without drugs, they'd find another way to try to control their mind and environment that wouldn't be good for kids.

Once there was a case where I knew I had an acquaintance in common with a parent. I told my supervisor and got a different case instead. I didn't know them at all but it could have still been a conflict of interest.