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DCF asks committee to clarify that records created with police remain DCF records under S.12
Summary
On April 20, Vermont Department for Children and Families officials told the Senate Judiciary Committee they support narrow language in S.12 to make explicit that records created during joint child-safety investigations with law enforcement are DCF records and remain available for the department’s administrative use.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — On April 20, Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF) officials told the Senate Judiciary Committee they support narrow language in S.12 to make explicit that records created during joint child-safety investigations with law enforcement are DCF records and remain available for the department’s administrative use.
Lindsay Baron, director of policy and planning for the Family Services Division at the Vermont Department for Children and Families, told the committee, “we're just seeking clarity, that through the process of engaging in joint investigations with law enforcement, that those records that are jointly produced and created, that those are our records.”
The clarification matters because investigations can produce two separate legal tracks. Baron said criminal cases may proceed through prosecution, while DCF’s role is an administrative, child-safety process that can produce decisions such as placing a name on the…
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