Tyler has been declared ‘competent’ by a Michigan Department of Corrections psychologist.
The team of therapists at a Veterans Administration Hospital found no diagnosable
mental health deficiencies of Tyler. This include a panel, only ninety minutes or
so, of about one-
Tyler is accustomed to being the smartest person in the room frequently when at Court, in the Friend of the Court agency, and when dealing with CPS/Carehouse, police, and even therapists.
Tyler sees how previous prosecutors, building knowledge through time, established a significant investigative budget. This investigative ability should build upon the reporting police agencies. Tyler believes this tremendous budget was developed for specialists such as psychologists. To use this budget on former police officers, especially, when that former police officer is placed in charge, of the investigative team, will add very little to the capability of the reporting police departments. It would be a good policy to never hire a former police officer with no advanced degrees. The head of the investigative team should be one of it’s most degreed and intelligent members.
Tyler knows police, like Marines, which Tyler is one of, are not recruited for their
intelligence first. Police, like Marines, need to be honorable, courageous, and tough.
What makes a good police officer does not make a great investigator. Mental and emotional
damage is well beyond the ability of ninety-
Prosecutors, on the other hand, are recruited for the intellectual prowess. Courage and toughness are not even minor requirements for prosecutors. Intelligence and insight are most necessary. Most prosecutors consist of attorneys. All attorneys have advanced degrees. Advanced investigative techniques are thus better suited to be run by the Prosecutor’s office.
Further, college and grad/law school teach prosecutors and attorneys that no one can neither know, nor specialize, in all fields of study. This principle is beyond most police officers. Police officers see their training as advanced even though it is much more basic than a basic law degree. Police then frequently believe they can investigate cases as well as anyone. This basic prejudice makes almost all police officers much less able to investigate mental and emotional trauma.
A good prosecutor, and lawyer, is better able to see that specialists, like psychologists, and psychiatrists, can better and faster determine any criminal sexual activity and mental or emotional damage to a child. That is why, again, why child sexual abuse investigations should reside in the prosecutor’s office.
Thus, counties should use their investigative budget to hire one Pediatric Psychologist with Play Therapy training, onto the investigative team. Large counties may need more than one.
When a citizen reports abuse of a child, especially sexual abuse, police should forward the investigation to the prosecutor’s office. The prosecutor then should have the Pediatric Psychologist interview the child with play therapy. The Pediatric Psychologist can definitely define the specific abuse of the child and report it to the prosecutor. The police then can execute any required arrest(s).
Tyler’s daughter, Jessica, at five years old, played out, with dolls, several specific acts of her abuse, by her mother. See: “Peculiar Behavior by Jessica.” Play therapist would have accomplished much in just a few hours. Tyler’s daughter, Jessica, would then have been removed from a sexually abusive environment. As it is, CPS, Carehouse of Macomb, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Sterling Heights Police, Michigan’s 16th Circuit Court and its FOTC, and many others allowed Jessica to grow up in a sexually abusive environment.
By enacting this reform, prosecutors will be able to infinitely better enforce sexual abuse and even rape. The girls of Michigan are counting on it. Let’s all work together to protect our girls, and all kids, better.
Solution for Prosecutors when dealing
with Child Sexual Abuse and Rape