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What can Utah parents do about school shooting threats?

David Walker with Strategies for Youth says right now is a great time to start a conversation with your child about social media.

Ogden police, school resource officers learning to better understand teen brains

OGDEN — Police and school resource officers in Ogden are getting trained to better understand and interact with teenagers.

“Kids are not a priority until they’re a problem”

Lisa Thurau, the head of Strategies for Youth, joins us to talk about the true front door of the juvenile justice system: police encounters with youth.
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Maplewood Community Board on Police Likes “Strategies for Youth” Program

MAPLEWOOD, NJ – A program called Strategies for Youth, designed to improve police communication with young people, might work well in Maplewood, said members the Maplewood Community Board on Police on Wednesday.

A Community Initiative for Juvenile Justice: Why Not Your Community Too?

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — On a warm September Sunday in 2016, a small Black teenager in a pink T-shirt biked through narrow city streets and rolled into an intersection. So did a Chevy Cruze, driven by an 85-year-old man heading home from church.
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Police Hurt Thousands of Teens Every Year. A Striking Number Are Black Girls

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — On a warm September Sunday in 2016, a small Black teenager in a pink T-shirt biked through narrow city streets and rolled into an intersection. So did a Chevy Cruze, driven by an 85-year-old man heading home from church.
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Tiny wrists in cuffs: How police use force against children

CHICAGO (AP) — Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns.

Martins Ferry City School District Board of Education hears about juvenile programs from Belmont County judge Al Davis

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Juvenile and Probate Judge Al Davies visited the Martins Ferry City School District Board of Education on Tuesday to give an update on current and future programs and services.
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After investigation into police data, experts say racial disparities in use of force on youth in Norfolk are also seen nationwide

Following a 10 On Your Side investigation into the Norfolk Police Department’s use of force on minors this week, our investigative team took our data analysis to two experts.

Amid nationwide debate about police in schools, a few districts recently disbanded those units

For Madeline Borrelli, a special education teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., having NYPD-trained law enforcement officers in schools is a cut-and-dry issue: “School safety agents,” she said, using their official job title, “ … should not exist at all.”

Citizens for Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Justice News

Last year's police reform law created standards regarding the use of deadly force, no-knock warrants, dogs, tear gas, and pellet guns by law enforcement, requiring that the training of law enforcement officers and guidance on use of force include "developmentally appropriate de-escalation and disengagement tactics, techniques and procedures and other

In-depth: Why it can be challenging for local law enforcement to gain the trust of children of color

With the recent increase in visibility of police shootings of unarmed people of color, many minorities report having less confidence in the ability of law enforcement to do their jobs and it turns out that even many children are having less favorable views of police officers.

What Do Police Know About Teenagers? Not Enough.

The day Brian Lowe attended a training session for police officers on understanding the minds of teenagers, he knew his job would never be the same.

West TN Regional Training Center hosts school resource officer training session

DENMARK, TN (WNBJ) - The West Tennessee Regional Training Center is hosting the Policing on the Brain training class this week in Denmark. The Policing the Teen Brain class is a train-the-trainer program designed to teach school resource officers how to improve and help deescalate situations with adolescents.

St. C. police are on the case

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The city police have been busy in recent months, with new equipment, training and projects as well as exceptional work from officers.

Massachusetts guidance on police encounters with children is new for some departments, not others

The police department in Lincoln, a Massachusetts town of roughly 7,000 people, outlines in a 29-page policy for how police officers should interact with children, ranging from sex trafficking victims to teens arrested for fighting.

Boston Police need policies for dealing with children

In Massachusetts, children as young as 12 years old can be arrested and prosecuted. So, wouldn’t you like to know the Boston Police Department’s policy on how and when to Mirandize a child?

Opinion: Tasering youths can cause lasting damage

A video depicting a young man, with his hands up in the air, being tased by a police officer and collapsing backward on the ground is extremely disturbing on many levels.

Alumnae Stories: Building Bridges

After more than two decades working as a juvenile justice advocate, Lisa Thurau ’82 understands just how fraught interactions between cops and children can be. She’s seen firsthand how situations can escalate.

She wants to know why police handcuffed her son in school

Around noon on Dec. 11, 2019, Christeena Lothrop received a text message from another parent at Auburn Middle School, asking if her son was OK. The text showed a picture of Lothrop’s then-13-year-old son, belly down on the floor of the school’s crowded cafeteria, with a police officer kneeling on

Bill heading to Congress to ban seclusion, restraints in schools

Congressional Democrats will introduce a bill to make it illegal for any school receiving federal funding to use seclusion or dangerous restraints on students.

The Mental Health Risks of Secondhand Exposure to Police Violence

In 1986, the Surgeon General released a report entitled The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking, concluding that secondhand smoke was a major health risk to nonsmokers. We are now learning something similar about the long-term mental health risks of secondhand exposure to police violence, especially for children of color.

Study of police language aims to find patterns that may lead to tragic outcomes

Congressional Democrats will introduce a bill to make it illegal for any school receiving federal funding to use seclusion or dangerous restraints on students.

Police violence against children sparks demand for use-of-force laws

The recent deaths of two teenagers at the hands of police — Adam Toledo, 13, in Chicago and Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, in Columbus, Ohio — illustrate a glaring omission in policing practices and oversight.

Six Years After Tamir Rice, Cleveland Makes New Rules About Policing Kids

Critics say a new policy for police encounters with children doesn’t go far enough. More than six years after Cleveland police fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he played with a toy gun in a park, sparking national outrage and calls for change, the city is poised to introduce a

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