Editor: As referenced in your Sept. 7, 2022, op-ed article, a former employee of the Arapahoe County Human Services Department made an unfounded allegation of child abuse to a child abuse hotline against a vocal critic of her then-partner during non-working hours.
As previously stated, this type of conduct is abhorrent and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The employee no longer works for Arapahoe County and the situation was promptly referred to law enforcement by the County for investigation and potential prosecution.
The work that the employees of the Human Services Department do to prevent abuse and neglect is extremely important. The employees do an amazing job under very difficult, challenging and stressful conditions, and their efforts are deserving of our utmost respect and appreciation. Nonetheless, we fully understand why there would be concerns raised about whether this one former employee might have made false allegations against others, or committed other misconduct, while acting in her role as a caseworker on child abuse cases for Arapahoe County.
As such, to ensure that no families were ever adversely impacted by her misconduct, all of the former employee’s prior cases are being reviewed by the State Department of Human Services. To date, it is our understanding that no evidence has been found to suggest that the former employee ever did anything that might have resulted in a child being wrongfully removed from a home. If any such...
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