What an awful experience that must have been for you! Yes, when you listen to the call, the social worker sounds very calm. So apparently being able to hold it together in an emergency gets you put on the low priority list for 911.
911 call doesn’t sound like someone watching 3 people die in a fire. Sounds like someone covering their sorry ass. Not to impressed with the 911 operator either. Told that Powell grabbed the kids and shut the door in this lame-o’s face asks “Do you think he did it intentionally?”
Fire the dispatcher. After this they cannot be trusted.
Most people who complain about police response time don’t realize or forget the step where that police have to be dispatched to a call by someone......sadly the requirements on ability and performance for dispatchers these days is about on par with unionized public school teachers. Most dispatchers shouldn’t be dispatchers.
There are many ‘public safety’ workers who do their very best in attempting to make quick decisions/judgements. Perhaps they should work in a ‘buddy’ system - where calls are monitored by another opinion; someone who can summon help rather than ask questions.
The Josh Powell situation was originally mishandled by the custody judge who should have insisted that visitations be in a neutral, public playground/restaurant or childcare center. As a ‘person of interest’ in his wife’s murder - Josh Powell’s name should have been on 911’s radar.
The woman assigned to the visitation supervision showed good judgement, reflexes and courage. She is just one more victim of Josh Powell’s evil.
With some experience in this type of situation, why on earth was supervised visitation allowed at his home. I was given custody of my niece after her mothers suspicious death. All supervised visitations took place at the children’s service facility. He would visit her there, there was a two way window, where he was observed during the one hour visit. If this would have been the order, those kids would still be alive.
Oh yes. Let’s blame the social worker. We don’t know how long she knocked on the door trying to get back in. We need to continue to blame the dick who actually killed his kids and not start blaming others like we always do. There is no way even 8 minutes would have changed anything. I suppose I could be wrong but I doubt it.
I’m curious. Did you ever call and report the domestic violence happening next door to you?
It’s gotta be ridiculously difficult to be in any phase of law enforcement anymore what with the evil that lurks in our society today. How does a God fearing person even imagine what goes on in real life is possible.
That said, this is still more proof that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Arm up folks, if you haven’t already.
Sorry, but the caseworker mishandled the situation nd call from the beginning. Read the 911 transcript if you have any doubts. She showed absolutely no urgency. She even asked the 911 operator what she should do. Further into the call, upon smelling gasoline, her first concern was moving her car. She wasted half the call trying to figure out where she was located, had to go to her car to get the address. This simple, it should have taken less than a minute.. “my name is, I am a court appointed caseworker, two children under my care have been taken from me, I need emergency police assistance STAT.”. She had the power, authority, and responsibility to demand immediate assistance, she did not, even upon hearing the kids crying and screaming.