Yesterday, I visited the York County Child Advocacy Center at 28 South Queen St. in York. It’s a child friendly environment where children who were allegedly abused are interviewed as part of the law enforcement process. The goal is to reduce the trauma experienced by the child and I was impressed with both the facility and the folks involved.  There was one glaring deficiency-the interviews are not videotaped. It’s not that they don’t want to, instead the District Attorney’s office has instructed them not to videotape.  I want to know if an interview were somehow tainted. On the other hand, a good interview, then shown to the defendant, is the best way to insure a plea of guilty, thereby insuring the child is not further traumatized by putting that child through a trial. Surrounding counties all videotape.  It seems that in York County, advocacy wins out over justice and the needs of children.