Crime Watch Daily – Interview with Josh Powell’s Sister

Hello Visitation Network Community!

Most of you, recall the Josh Powell tragedy. This story outlines the reality of what can happen while providing visitation services, whether on-site or off-site. Supervised Visitation is a SERIOUS part of Family Law Custody cases. Professional Providers MUST adhere to safety and security protocols. The Uniform Standards of Court 5.20 require ALL Providers implement safety procedures for visitation cases, contingent on the nature of conflict with each case.  This is just one of the many guiding principles and requirements to serve as a Provider.

Thanks to an email received today, via Stephanie N. from the October 2015 Effective Supervised Visitation Monitor^© training, I was made aware of the interview with non other than the sister of Josh Powell.

The interview was aired October 27, 2015 on Channel 5 at 5:00pm. Below is the link where you may view the entire interview shown on Crime Watch Daily.

http://crimewatchdaily.com/2015/10/27/exclusive-josh-powells-sister-speaks-about-family-tragedy/

Safety and Security involves many guiding principles; one of them MUST be rejecting cases. There is protection in rejection. Agencies, court orders and provider’s must do everything possible to ensure safety. A Provider must consider safety for him/herself first and then for the children (if the Provider is not safe, the children cannot be safe). As a Visitation Trainer, I encourage Providers to practice this principle and to remember that “all money is NOT safe money.”