3rd time calling VPD for child abuse this year and they never showed up. This is why we say abolish the police.
So at 1 am last night my neighbor was beating her child. He was screaming crying. I didn’t know where it was coming from at first but it was loud. I won’t say what was happening but I could hear her verbally and physically assaulting a small child who can’t speak.
I try to mind my business, I really do but this was bad. I couldn’t ignore it so I called 911. I didn’t know where it was coming from so I gave them a general location near me. She said if I found out where it was coming from to call back and let her know so when I found out I called back. They never showed up. Still, 24 hrs later, no one showed up.
I unfortunately was woken up almost a year ago around 7 am to a similar situation with a different person. My neighbor called the cops and I heard her yelling at the woman abusing her child so I called as well. Again, they never showed up. Never checked in. Nothing. Meanwhile, all over tik tok, when there’s a car accident VPD shows up 5 cars deep. I didn’t even know we had 5 officers. And why are they all on DURING THE DAY?
What good is VPD? Can someone say they’ve actually done something good for this community? I understand that this woman is struggling with raising her kids, I get that and support is needed. But what good are their salaries if they can’t even be bothered to show up for kids, let alone check-in to see if they’re still alive? That money can be going to programs where this mom can have help with her kids instead of being alone. This is why we say abolish the police. Use that money towards the community to uplift instead of break down.
EDIT: CPS was called! Ty to everyone who recommended that. In the moment, at 1 am my first instinct was to call the cops unfortunately. I’ve never been in situations like this before so moving forward I will call CPS and not the useless VPD. They also still haven’t shown up to the house to check on the kid.
EDIT 2: thank you to those who recommended IHART as well. I would much rather get this mom some help and the kid some help than get anyone shot or killed. In that moment it felt life and death bc of how bad the baby was crying. I felt so helpless and I feel so shitty for taking away from this poor child’s experience but seriously, what was I supposed to do? We need community services where ppl can trust each other bc it truly does take a village to raise kids and she just doesn’t have it.