⚖️ Dear Attorney General, Kindly Intervene: The Department Has Forgotten the Law
⟡ A Formal Request for Legal Oversight When the Social Services Department Becomes the Perpetrator
IN THE MATTER OF: A 3.5-Year Investigation with No Findings, No Reports, and No Comprehensible Purpose
⟡ METADATA
Filed: 15 July 2020
Reference Code: SWANK-TCI-AG-HARASSMENT-RELIEF
Court File Name: 2020-07-15_Court_Letter_AG_TCI_SocialDev_Harassment_AdviceRequest
Summary: A formal and legally-grounded request for advice and intervention sent to Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles. It details prolonged harassment by the Department of Social Development in Grand Turk, procedural violations of the Children Ordinance, and an appalling failure to deliver outcome reports or lawful justification after years of surveillance. The letter is both restrained and utterly scathing.
I. What Happened
Polly Chromatic (then known as Noelle Bonneannée) wrote to the Attorney General after exhausting all other routes of resolution. For 3.5 years, her family was monitored, harassed, and falsely scrutinised by Social Development — under the pretence of concern — without ever receiving an investigative report, outcome, or explanation. She cited statutory law (Children (Care and Protection) Ordinance, 2015 §17(6)) and requested the AG’s help in compelling the department to either comply with legal duties or cease its interference altogether.
II. What the Complaint Establishes
That Turks and Caicos law requires an investigation report be provided to the parent and (if age-appropriate) the child
That no such report was ever given
That this prolonged surveillance and procedural fog constitutes harassment
That attempts to resolve the issue through the Complaints Commissioner had failed
That the Department acted in clear violation of both law and professional ethics
That the mother had remained cooperative — and now had run out of patience
III. Why SWANK Logged It
Because a mother quoting statute to the Attorney General should not be necessary — but when it is, it should be logged in gold. Because legal literacy in the hands of the surveilled is more powerful than procedural theatre in the hands of the state. And because when safeguarding becomes indistinguishable from stalking, the only solution is a written record — sharp, lawful, and public.
IV. Violations
Violation of Children (Care and Protection) Ordinance §17(6)
Ongoing unlawful investigation with no statutory basis
Harassment and procedural ambiguity
Neglect of trauma inflicted by state intervention
Ignoring official complaints and requests for redress
Breach of duty by failure to issue written outcomes or close case
V. SWANK’s Position
We log this as a master exhibit in legal clarity and institutional exhaustion. SWANK London Ltd. recognises:
That quoting the law to the Attorney General is not escalation — it’s survival
That children deserve privacy, closure, and freedom from the state’s indecision
That an investigation with no findings after 3.5 years is no longer lawful — it is abusive
And that the mother’s patience in this matter was not just noble — it was forensic