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Colorado needs a plan for when caseworkers investigating child abuse lie, ombudsman says

Denver caseworker arrested over alleged false statements; ombudsman investigating half-dozen other cases

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Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post
Caseworkers at Denver’s Department of Human Services maintain a call center to report child abuse. It is part of the statewide network from Colorado Department of Human Services. The caseworkers were at their desks taking calls from the 1-844-CO-4-KIDS hotline in the Denver office on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015.
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7:  Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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The question of what to do when caseworkers lie came to the fore again after police last week arrested a worker in the Denver Human Services office for allegedly writing reports that referred to calls and at least one home visit she never made.
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