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Yes one of the officers I talk to said that they will all handle it a little different. Also I talk to two different officers and they both said different things. The first one told me that are daughter is on my time and the mother is resposable to drop her off. The other on said it my responsablty to go pick her up.
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I have a court order that say she lives with me.
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I'll look into it thanks.
Unfortunately, few agencies provide specific training concerning a response to custody and visitation orders so an officer's response might differ from officer to officer and based upon his or her own perceptions, feelings, and interpretations. These calls/complaints tend to be rather common in some places and many agencies will dismiss them as matters to be handled in Family Court and not in a criminal one. My agency has a fill-in-the-blank form that we have complainants complete (typically when it is an allegation of a failure to comply and not when the parent is with the NCP and the child). We forward that form to the DA and the DA will typically place it into an inactive folder.
However, if we have a clear custody violation, NCP and child in hand, and no extenuating circumstances, we will take action then and there. I make sure that MY officers know how to deal with these matters ... this is not the case in every agency.
Having a clear order from the Family Court would be ideal, but that may take time and may not happen at all as the judge might simply say to go get her with the police in tow ... and the merry-go-round might continue!
Thanks for your help and taking the time to respond. I will find out how this goes tomorrow.
Thank you.