Agency Responsibilities
Each member agency is joined
together by agreement that each agency shall have certain responsibilities.
Each
Cooperate in the gathering
of data for use by all participating agencies.
Report all delinquent acts
and crimes that are committed on school campus to
law enforcement.
Report all violations of
probation or parole, which are committed on the school campus.
Provide educational
supervision and services appropriate to all students attending school
Provide support and
assistance to other agencies in the SAFEPOLICY/SHOCAP Program.
Develop appropriate
“At-Risk” criteria, which is specific to each school system.
Using the “At-Risk”
criteria, screen the student population and report “At-Risk” students to the
other SAFEPOLICY/SHOCAP agencies.
Participate in the
SAFEPOLICY/SHOCAP computer network, including the input of student information,
use of reports and daily use of the bulletin board feature.
Maintain and respect the
confidentiality of these exchanges or juvenile information. Safeguard the records of this system whether
electronic or hard copy.
Each Law Enforcement Agency Shall:
Cooperate in the gathering of data for use by all participating
agencies.
Gather informational data on any identified incident involving any
person any person under the age of eighteen years of age.
Compile juvenile records in a usable format to be used by schools,
courts, prosecutors, probation, and parole agencies.
Establish departmental policies in the handling of SHOCAP Members.
Commit to the use of school resource officers to assist the
schools in the area of “at-risk” youth and SHOCAP Members.
Commit resources to the prevention and intervention programs such
as D.A.R.E. and book buddies.
Provide support and assistance to other agencies in the program.
Participate in the SAFEPOLICY/SHOCAP computer network, including
the input of student information, use of reports and daily use of the bulletin
board feature.
Maintain and respect the confidentiality of these exchanges or
juvenile information. Safeguard the
records of this system whether electronic or hard copy.
Kokomo Police Department Responsibilities
Provide
SHOCAP Project Director
Prepare and
distribute SHOCAP Member lists to agencies in a timely fashion.
The Prosecution Shall:
Cooperate in the gathering
of data for use by all participating agencies.
File delinquency petitions
based on the most serious provable offense of each arrest incident.
Make all reasonable
prosecutorial efforts to persuade the court to impose the most appropriate
authorized sentence upon an offender at the time of disposition.
Make all reasonable
prosecutorial efforts to reduce the time between arrest and disposition of
charges.
Act as a liaison with the
court and other criminal justice agencies to establish policies regarding the
program to ensure interagency cooperation in the planning and implementation of
this program.
Provide support and assistance
to other agencies engaged in this program.
Participate in
the SAFEPOLICY/SHOCAP computer network, including the input of student
information, use of reports, and daily use of the bulletin board feature.
Maintain and
respect the confidentiality of these exchanges or juvenile information. Safeguard the records of this system whether
electronic or hard copy.
The Welfare/Family Services Agency Shall:
Cooperate in the gathering
of data for use by all participating agencies.
Identify or establish
special service or placement opportunities for drug, alcohol, or behavioral
troubled offenders, or “at-risk” youth.
Share case history
information or diagnostic information with the appropriate officials and
participate in case management teams formed to assist in the prevention and
intervention plans of youth.
Request police intervention
and crime analysis follow-up on neglect, abuse, or other problem case areas.
Provide case support for
obtaining civil commitments for at risk, troubled, problem, or delinquent youth
as well as offenders.
Provide support and
assistance to other agencies engaged in this program.
Participate in
the SAFEPOLICY/SHOCAP computer network, including the input of student
information, use of reports, and daily use of the bulletin board feature.
Maintain and
respect the confidentiality of these exchanges or juvenile information. Safeguard the records of this system whether
electronic or hard copy.
The Office of
Juvenile Services Shall:
Supervision Division:
Institute intensive and
continuous case management for designated offenders.
Adopt proactive community
control concepts utilizing all resources.
Provide mandatory sanctions
for each infraction of probation rules, including revocation or probation
status.
Evaluate case information
from all sources to provide intervention services for the at-risk juvenile.
Recommend when appropriate
secure detention of SHOCAP offenders.
Commit to probation officers
working in schools or community to provide hands on supervision and assistance
to the schools.
Intake Division
Commit to detaining every
SHOCAP offender presented at intake charged with an offense that would be a
crime if committed by an adult.
Refer every SHOCAP offender
to the Prosecutors Office for court filing.
Monitor juvenile
dispositions to select the SHOCAP status candidates and present these
candidates at the SHOCAP Screening Team on a monthly basis.
Maintain a specific file of behavior
for each SHOCAP offenders while detained in a detention facility.
Commit to the detention of
SHOCAP offenders in the secure sections of the detention facility.
SHOCAP offenders are to be
moved to the lowest award level at entry with no carry over from the last term
of detention.
Provide control and
intervention services to “at-risk” offenders.
Provide support to
SAFEPOLICY issues through entrance or exit interviews of clients.
Continue concepts of
appropriate school programs to clients in the non-secure setting of detention.
Use the total resources of
the community in prevention, interventions and control programs.
General
Commitments for the Office of Juvenile Services,
Cooperate in the gathering
of data for use by all participating agencies.
Provide support and
assistance to other agencies engaged in this program.
Maintain a liaison with law
enforcement agencies and prosecutor for effective actions for “at-risk”
non-SHOCAP offenders.
Provide support for
prevention and intervention programs based in other agencies.
Participate in
the SAFEPOLICY/SHOCAP computer network, including the input of student
information, use of reports, and daily use of the bulletin board feature.
Maintain and
respect the confidentiality of these exchanges or juvenile information. Safeguard the records of this system whether
electronic or hard copy.
The Howard
Circuit Court Judge Shall:
Cooperate in the gathering
of data for use by all participating agencies.
Provide a blanket court
order authorizing the exchange of information and inspection of juvenile court
records, probation, and protective service records, and law enforcement agency
related data related to the prevention, intervention, and control of “at-risk”
and delinquent youth in
Commit to detaining SHOCAP
offenders presented to the Court charged with an offense that would be a crime
if committed by an adult, after a finding of probable cause.
Promote the strategy of
prevention, intervention, and control as one of making informed decisions about
“at-risk” youth and SHOCAP offenders as a common sense approach, using total
community resources and services.
Insure that the appropriate
consideration is given SHOCAP offender files in the Juvenile Court.