not really. Mandated reporters would see the welts, ask, then report grannie to Child Protective Services. Thus the cops gave the advice, put it where it won’t be visible. If a mandated reporter is found out to Not report abuse, that person may lose their job! Cops are between a rock and a hard place. A mouthy 12 yo who calls police won’t hesitate to tell if the police do nothing.
“If a mandated reporter is found out to Not report abuse, that person may lose their job!”
Disciplining a kid isn’t abuse though, so I don’t see how that law would apply. Surely if a police officer has the discretion to decide whether someone is so imminently dangerous he needs to shoot them, they have the discretion to decide whether a child has been disciplined or abused.