I have a question on a similar area: If, during the course of an inspection, you find evidence of an illegal activity, are we in violation of USPAP (privacy policy) for calling the police? I assume the answer is "yes", but what if a child or animal were at risk (child/pet abuse/neglect going on)? Would you call the police? Could we lose our licenses for doing so? A news story several months ago about a teenager, chained and starved in the parent's attic (he died, at 16 yrs old, and 75 lbs), and news stories about neglected/abused pets (the latest was a 17 yr old German Shepherd, found chained and frozen to the ground, 50 lbs underweight)- these articles have been making me think about what would happen if I saw something on an inspection. I think we'd have to call the police, regardless of USPAP, but wondered if any of you had experience with this, or if there are any "loopholes" in USPAP to cover this type of thing.