Juvenile Justice Department

REGION 4 : Training of Police Officers at Police Training Centre (Prosecutor’s Course- 12th September, 2019

Training commenced on the 12th September, 2019 @9am with approximately eighty-two participants. Training was for 8hours of intense theoretical and practical exercises on the Juvenile Justice Act 2018.

  1. The participants were given pre-evaluation forms to fill out to decipher their knowledge on the Juvenile Justice Act,
  2. The participants were trained on their international obligations, roles and responsibilities, diversion measures, procedure and timelines for reports, rights of the juveniles, placement in detention, placement in closed or open residential facilities, obtaining statements and record keeping.
  3. the participants were tasked with preparing guidelines for informal action for reducing aggression and conflict, formal action, identifying ways police can support, sustain and expand Youth & Law Enforcement engagement and factors police should consider before taking official action against a juvenile.
  4. The participants were also presented with case scenarios and asked to role play the correlating approach.
  1. An evaluation sheet is submitted at the end of the sessions.

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