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SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio leaders want to build good relationships and educate our kids, with the goal of hopefully keeping them out of the criminal justice system.

The 2-day Anderson Univ. class help better connect parents with their teens in the Madison County Juvenile Probation Department

In one of the first rounds of “Juvenile Justice Jeopardy,” a game created to help young people and police officers understand each other, a pair of 18-year-olds showed how to de-escalate a conflict.

The 2020 murder of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer spurred a national movement for accountability of law enforcement — including the creation of a police reform law in Massachusetts.

The San Antonio Area Foundation (SAAFdn) is bringing to our city for the first time an innovative national program focused on reducing tension and increasing understanding between law enforcement and youth in our community.

OCEAN COUNTY – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) have announced two new programs designed to improve interactions between young people and law enforcement officers.

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) announce two new programs designed to improve interactions between young people and law enforcement officers.

Morgan Stanley announced the second cohort of winners of its Alliance for Children’s Mental Health Innovation Awards, an initiative that aims to identify and fund transformative mental healthcare solutions for children and young adults across the U.S.

Youth advocates say there’s no evidence police prevent crime.

Body cam footage reveals that officers don’t always follow department guidelines or training.

Lisa Thurau, executive director of Strategies for Youth in Cambridge says "When POST certifies school resource officers, it is telling parents, students and school administrators that officers have met the legal standards for selection, completed training provided by the Municipal Police Training Committee, and understand their obligations pursuant to the

Advocates for youth on Tuesday criticized new regulations proposed by the state’s Peace Officer Standards & Training Commission, saying they don’t do enough to ensure that students aren’t unfairly criminalized by school police.

School has been back in session for more than a month and Juvenile Probation Officers, whose job includes going into the schools, are in classrooms, hallways, and offices of schools across the state.

How do rates of exposure to police violence that is perceived to be motivated by racism vary across the gender, ethnicity, and birthplace of young Black and Latinx people living in the United States? Researchers in the Boston College School of Social Work have received a two-year, $395,000 grant from

"More than 300 Maine teachers, principals, superintendents, and school resource officers met in Windham on Wednesday for day two of the three-day-long Maine School Safety Summit that was prepared by the Maine Department of Education."

"To protect and to serve does not mean to preserve those in power. It does not mean to attack the innocent, nor does it mean to ambush the voiceless.” hose wise words were not written by a seasoned public official or community advocate. They appeared in an essay written by

The video shows a Lower Swatara Township police officer firing a stun gun at a skinny boy in a blue jacket in a crowded school cafeteria. The boy drops to the floor. Kids scream. Some curse. Some express utter shock and disbelief.

TASERs are frequently being used by police on children and youth who are in distress or emotional crisis and, as a result, are exacerbating their trauma, according to the latest report from Strategies for Youth (SFY), a national nonprofit policy and training organization dedicated to improving police/youth interactions and reducing