Unless of course, you are the official regulator of child abuse.  In which case, abuse away. 

This is called "regulatory capture" and it happens everywhere that people put faith in uniformed gang members without recognizing the dangers of regulatory capture. 

I'm guessing this particular flavor is way more common in occupied North America.  I know half a dozen or so cases growing up here.  Even a wealthy doctor found with the wrong plants growing in the garden can have their kids taken.  Any type of claimed non-subservience to "authorities" is also plenty of reason to break up a family and create a fresh generation of mental illness.  Welcome to orcdom.