Now, it shall be mandated that Michigan Children's Institute Superintendent must report himself to the Children's Ombudsman to report himself for the failure to protect a child under his care and supervision? Will the Superintendent's rights of being the legal guardian of the rest of the 7,000 children in his care be terminated or will he just have to go to parenting classes and be subjected to weekly random drug screens and psychological evaluation?
DHS must report itself to OCO for "certain" deaths? What ever happened to DHS Inspector General? Will the IG make referral to the Attorney General before or after the report is sent to OCO, or will it continue to operate under the status quo and do absolutely nothing?
Will the OCO finally be referring to the Attorney General if there is found violation of federal and state laws, or will it continue to act as a buffer to make the state look pretty? Even if it is required to report "certain" and not all child deaths of children under the auspices of the state, the OCO has the arbitrary and capricious discretion to either decide not to investigate, or consider the report of "certain" child deaths as "Valid-Not-Opened".
Please, entertain me and define "certain".
Referrals of violations of federal and state law, and policy, is not limited to "County Prosecutors" as Wayne County is uniquely designed as the only county which the State Attorney General prosecutes child welfare actions, but this would be a conflict of interest for the state, would it not? Investigation of death should not strictly be an adminsitrative action, but one, also, for a law enforcement agency.
Coordinate accountability and transparency by referring to the Attorney General, as is mandated by the Act enabling the OCO.
Unleash the Attorney General, now.
Beverly Tran
The people have the right to peaceably assemble, to consult for the common good, to instruct their representatives and to petition the government for redress of greivance.
Declaration of Rights, Article I, Section 3, Constitution of Michigan 1963