PENNSYLVANIA
PhillyBurbs
By BILL DEVLIN STAFF WRITER
Posted on April 12, 2013
WARRINGTON — Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler believes that when looking at revising Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law, there is really only one particular group of stakeholders that counts.
“It’s the children,” Heckler said. “The other public interests groups be damned.”
The DA delivered his message Thursday night at a child advocacy forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Bucks County.
Heckler was joined by state Rep. Kathy Watson, R-144, of Warrington, and state Rep. Scott Petri, R-178, of Richboro, at the event held at Central Bucks High School South.
Watson chairs the House Committee on Children and Youth Services; Petri is the sponsor of House Bill 726, which concerns the investigations and handling of child abuse cases.
Heckler recently chaired the state’s Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection. The commission was charged with conducting a comprehensive review of the laws and procedures relating to the health and safety of children after the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal at Penn State. The task force released a 427-page report last November following a year of hearings.
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