If he had kept silent about the encounter then he would have plausible deniablility, but he did share it publicly with us on the internets so I imagine he would be held responsible in some manner for the lack of reporting the crime if something happens to the kids.
Wrong, this isn't murder or armed robbery. Working with a possible offender and hearing about it, even first hand does not make nicname a mandatory reporter. The only thing that nicname's story is good for is a basis for investigation.
Lots of other LSRSIQ in this thread. This isn't meant to deter nicname but Stevsie is actually close to being correct. Many of you are thinking SRS works they way we think it should work not the way it actually does work. Fact of the matter is that the state thinks the home is the best place for a child and do everything they can to keep, put a kid back there. With deep budget cuts the issue is worse. SRS does not have the proper funding to investigate they way they should and they don't have the money to fund all of these kids in foster care. crap its a dice roll that he will find an investigator/case manager that gives a crap. It's bleak but its the reality of the situation right now. Just last week I was in court for a hearing about a kid going back home to his unemployed mom who is 2 months clean of meth. The kid has been in foster care for 12 years and now he's going back to that at 16 years old.
All that being said, nicname do the right thing homey. Your dead beat coworkers won't know it was you. Often many people know the same stories if one speaks up it is amazing what investigations turn up. 99% of these people are rough ridin' idiots and one home visit or parental interview can open a pandoras box. These people are so clueless as parents they don't get all of the mumped up crap they do is actually mumped up.
Sorry for the novel, this one was a straight fastball in the wheel house.
