Failure to Notify Police of Resident-to-Resident Physical and Sexual Abuse Allegations
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to notify local law enforcement of multiple allegations of physical and sexual abuse between residents. An incident report dated 12/29/25 documented that at 9:15 a.m. one resident (R5) hit another resident (R6) in the face with a closed fist, causing a cut on R6’s lip, and the form showed that police were not notified. Another incident report dated 1/27/26 documented that at 1:10 p.m. in the North dining room, one resident (R3) hit another resident (R4) in the mouth with an open hand; staff separated the residents after R4 alerted them, and R3 admitted to hitting R4, but the report documented that police were not notified of this physical altercation. A separate incident/accident report dated 2/6/26 documented that R4 reported a peer (R7) touched her breast and lower side without her consent, and this form contained no documentation that local police were notified of the unwanted touching. On 2/9/26 at 10:30 a.m., during an interview, the Administrator (V1) confirmed that the facility does not notify police of any physical or sexual incidents unless there is a serious injury, corroborating that law enforcement was not contacted for these reported incidents of resident-to-resident physical and sexual abuse.
