New boilerplate in sheriff's media releases

Have you noticed the new boilerplate in media releases from the McHenry County Sheriff's Department?

Sheriff's deputies responded on two calls that were reported in today's Northwest Herald. A 1-year-old boy fell out a second-floor window near Cary, and a 1-year-old girl fell into the Fox River near McHenry. Both children were temporarily unattended by mothers at home.

What's the boilerplate? Although two Northwest Herald reporters used similar, but not exactly the same, wording, it amounts to "As mandated reporters, members of the sheriff's office notified the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, but they do not believe any law enforcement actions are required." Neither MCSO call is reported this morning on the Sheriff's website Press Release section.

Will DCFS look unkindly on the near-drowning of the girl and how the boy fell out of a second-floor window?

By the way, the Daily Herald explains the near-drowning a little differently. Addison Fire Dept. paramedic Joel Arnier saved the child's life by forcing water out of her lungs and resuscitating her. The sheriff's department report apparently failed to clarify for how long the mother had left the children unattended or how far the house is from the river. Why???

Contrast this with the response and arrests after a State Parole Officer made a 9:20AM routine check last week on a parolee and found the parolee not at home, but a 5-year-old boy alone. Two men were packed off to the "McHenry County Adult Correctional Facility", also known as the McHenry County Corrections Center or the McHenry County Jail. That press release is on the sheriff's website.

(Note: this was published previously but "unpublished" mysteriously by Blogger today; thus, it is re-published.)