OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, this week asked Oklahoma's attorney general to call a multicounty grand jury to investigate the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) and what he called the department's "gross negligence and failure to protect children from sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect."

Humphrey is following the same request by Adam Panter, the district attorney for Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties.

"I have personally exposed numerous violations and alleged illegal acts of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services," Humphrey wrote in a letter to the attorney general. "I believe a substantial portion of DHS employees and administration have intentionally ignored or participated in blatant abuse and abhorrent criminal acts."

Humphrey continued that despite multiple efforts to impose compliance, DHS has refused or failed to correct what he called "dishonest and unlawful conduct." He accused the DHS director and other agency directors of being complicit in harmful behavior.

"Government officials responsible for overseeing these agencies have shown little to no interest in investigating the innumerable reported offenses," he wrote.

He said for the attorney general to delay or prolong an investigation would place numerous children and families at risk, and he personally cannot stand to see another child unnecessarily victimized.

Read the full letter to the attorney general here.