Assessment of a law enforcement agency’s relations with youth is conducted to ascertain the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for growth and improvement of those relationships, with an eye to reduction of disproportionate minority contact, and violence prevention. SFY uses statistical data, interviews, and review of other data to inform its assessments
SFY conducts its assessments by interviewing and surveying command staff officers, patrol and school resource officers, juvenile justice system stakeholders (e.g. judges, defenders, prosecutors, and probation officers), youth, and community leaders. As part of the Assessment, we collect arrest statistics for teens, deployment of officers, and departmental resources for working with youth, as well as partnerships with youth-serving, community-based organizations. Each assessment includes review of an agency’s regulations to ensure they are updated and consistent with nationwide standards as set forth by CALEA and the IACP, and other sources of best practices.a
The results of an assessment are prepared as a confidential report submitted solely to agency leadership. If required, the report will be shared with the funding authority after being reviewed by agency leadership.
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