Help with next steps after RCMP allow intoxicated man to leave scene with kids
I had to call the RCMP last night to report a man verbally abusing his two young kids. I'd guess they're around 7 and 12 years old. Another person called 911 to report the incident, and there may have been more calls that I'm not aware of.
We heard someone loudly demeaning his two kids for not being able to find his "weed and papers" in his bag. They were several hundred feet from their father, who was yelling about how they're disappointments and they ruined a good day. There was a lot of swearing coming from the father, directed at the kids. I caught some of it on video, but I was trying to lay low because the guy is scary. He was obviously under the influence of something. He was apparently drinking a beer, according to someone else who witnessed all of this. He was also in his underwear... He was slurring too. When the RCMP showed up, they didn't talk to any of us except to find out where the guy was. They yelled back and forth for a long time. The two offers kept threatening to take him to "the tank" and kept telling him he had "two minutes", then told him he had "30 seconds" to pack up and get out of there. He yelled at them and yelled about everyone calling the rcmp on him, and yelled about how he only yelled at his kids and that's how it was done "back in the day". At points, he was screaming. The younger kid was crying as the older one left before the police showed up. The younger kid was left to take care of the inebriated man's two large dogs. One RCMP officer, at one point, drew something from his belt and stepped toward the man, but that's the most that they did besides yelling at him. They didn't follow him home. They didn't come back and follow up with any witnesses. They didn't take the children from him. He couldn't even hold onto his dog's leash to walk home because he was so messed up.
Am I wrong to be concerned for these kids? What do I do now? Anything? I have heard him yelling at his kids before, as the area they frequent is a public space. But this time was hard to listen to, and very concerning. He was cruel... and obviously I wasn't the only one concerned.