Watch: Police Forcibly Remove Toddler From Home Because of Fever

By ABC News. An Arizona lawmaker is questioning a local police department’s use of force in removing a feverish child from a home after a doctor reported the parents to the state’s Department of Child Safety.

On Feb. 25, the mother of a 2-year-old child, who is not vaccinated, took the child to a naturopathic doctor with a fever of 105 degrees, ABC Phoenix station KNXV reported.

The doctor instructed the mother to take the toddler to the emergency room as soon as possible, but since the child’s fever later broke, she took him back to their home in Chandler, about 25 miles southeast of Phoenix, instead, according to a statement from the Chandler Police Department.

When the doctor learned from the Cardon Children’s Hospital that they parents never showed up with the child, she called Arizona DCS, who then contacted the Chandler Police Department for assistance, an incident report shows. . .

Officers then “forced entry into the home” after DCS had obtained a court order to take temporary custody of the child due to a “possible life threatening illness,” the report states. (Read more from “Police Forcibly Remove Toddler From Home Because of Fever” HERE)

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Valley Children Removed From Home Over Fever

By ABC 15. State Representative Kelly Townsend says she’s troubled by video that shows Chandler police officers with guns drawn, forcing their way into a family’s home.

The officers were there for a 2-year-old boy who was believed to have an extremely high fever.

Townsend, a Republican in District 16, played a big role in getting legislation passed requiring the Arizona Department of Child Safety to get a search warrant to remove children from their home in a non-emergency situation. Townsend says she never thought this would be the result.

“The doctor chose to use DCS to remove the child and DCS chose to use the police and the police chose to use the SWAT team,” said Townsend. “That is not the country that I recognize.” . . .

Townsend says she can see both sides on this story: a concerned doctor and protective parents, but she’s questioning how it was done and the amount of force used. (Read more from “Valley Children Removed From Home Over Fever” HERE)

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