From another thread-
Nihilanthic wrote:
The fact that such consistent reports for so long have gone unheeded is simply inexplicable, to be frank about it.
One thing my ex-cop relative can't understand is how this has not been investigated. He is CONVINCED if ONE report is made, they will investigate, "Unless a Doctor has called the kid a pathological liar" or some shit like that.
My wife called the Blount County Sheriff's Department after trying for hours to find out her daughter's condition following a vicious restraint. The Deputy who took the call refused to do a welfare check, claiming PV had it's own security and the Sheriff's Dep't would only go to PV if the program reported an assault, which has occurred:
Assault, filed 12/9/03, The Daily Times:
Other reports
* A 26-year-old Knoxville woman working at Peninsula Village, Jones Bend Road, Louisville, reported at 3:08 p.m. Dec. 9 a 17-year-old female patient there punched her in the head and pulled her hair. Two other employees reported they were either bitten or hit by the girl. Legal options were explained.
Hell, yeah...you GO, girl!
So, the Blount County cops responded to that incident, but refused to do a welfare check for a parent. My wife asked the deputy for his name, and he didn't want to give it, then mumbled a German name before hanging up. Later we discovered that the Sheriff's Department is obligated by law to do a welfare check, which I'm sure the Deputy was aware of. It became apparent that PV did have it's own security - the Blount County Sheriff's Department. It was 27 hours later when my step daughter's father was notified the girl was "fine". He didn't seem to care, but we were beyond stressed.
My step daughter tried to use the 3x5 card complaint and request system to ask to see a doctor she remembered from Peninsula Lighthouse, next to the Village. The doctor was a good guy, and she wanted to have him check her out, since her teeth were hurting and her thyroid was out of whack. A counselor read the card, then tore it up in front of my step daughter, saying "You're not going to get the chance to manipulate anyone else,"
Not much hope of getting word to the outside. PV even refused to let my girl's lifelong pediatrician make a professional visit to examine her patient. The doctor was told it was out of the normal routine - even though the PV handbook states patients can be visited by their clergy, physician, or attorney with no interference.
Nice NATSAP program, huh? SACS accreditation, bogus JCAHO certification, "professional and experienced" staff resting on the laurels of their GED's...
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