You could argue they're out patrolling high-crime areas and making more arrests.

The boy seems to have been gone for just a minute. And she started frantically searching for him.

Eleven months of stats aren't enough to gauge anything.

Maybe she didn't understand, or just saw the 'California' part of the card.

It doesn't appear to be foul play or gross negligence by the mother. This is just a tragic set of circumstances.