During the course of this writers lifetime, there have
             been many discussions about Child Protective Services,
             otherwise knows as SRS. This writer has read many articles
             regarding their services and what they are suppose to offer
             children, protecting them from abuse and neglect. Not only
             do they step in and removed children from abusive and
             neglectful situations, SRS also takes into their care,
             children who are deemed delinquent. Unfortunately for this
             writer, I have seen SRS at work and have seen the damage
             that they have caused to otherwise good families. I have
             seen them totally ignore a desperate plea for help from
             Juvenile Jeremy, was always a difficult child. He refused to conform or
             follow any rules that were setforth by his mother. He was in constant fist
             fights at school, when he attended. By the time that Jeremy was thirteen,
             he was drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. He was sneaking out of
             bedroom window and gone for the night. A very large boy, he was
             physically threatening to his mother and his two sisters and brother.
             Jeremy's mother had been told by his school psychologist, that Jeremy
             counseling and other community services such as PRIME, which helps
             By the time that Jeremy had turned fourteen, his mother knew he was
             out of her control. In the beginning of 1999, Jeremy had invited a friend
             over to his house to smoke pot and drink alcohol. After they had smoked
             marijuan, Jeremy engaged in a wrestling match with this other boy. The
             wrestling turned into much more and Jeremy kicked him repeatedly about
             the head and body knocking him to the floor, where he pummeled the boy
             with both fists. A puddle of blood was left on the carpet where Jeremy's
             mother found it when she returned home a short time later.
             Jeremy's mother, Michelle, returned home after being gone for just
             under two hours, only to learn that...