juvenile officer
noun
: a police officer charged with the detection, prosecution, and care of juvenile delinquents
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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said her office doesn't oversee or supervise juvenile officers but officials from her office expect to be at the suspects' future hearings, which aren't open to the public.
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024
The names range from Mary Baldwin, Lura Gould Baldwin Jr. and Philura Gould Baldwin from the early days of Baldwin Wallace University to Perle Claflin, Berea’s first woman juvenile officer; Margaret Crawford, librarian; and Muriel Hardy of the Sun News.
—cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
The chief juvenile officer responded to Cook’s referral four days later.
—Lisa Riordan Seville, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
The case has been referred to the juvenile officer to determine if charges will be filed.
—cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
No charges were filed; however, a copy of the police report was forwarded to the juvenile officer.
—John Benson, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
Charges for safecracking and breaking and entering were entered and the incident was referred to the juvenile officer.
—cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
Delao was hired in 2011 as a patrol officer, officials said, and has served within the department as an evidence technician, field training officer, juvenile officer, crisis intervention team officer and a firearms instructor.
—James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2021
His brother, 19, of Cleveland, was called in to take custody with information forward to the department’s juvenile officer, although the mother noted that the family was moving to Alabama later in the month.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2021
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024
The names range from Mary Baldwin, Lura Gould Baldwin Jr. and Philura Gould Baldwin from the early days of Baldwin Wallace University to Perle Claflin, Berea’s first woman juvenile officer; Margaret Crawford, librarian; and Muriel Hardy of the Sun News.
—cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
The chief juvenile officer responded to Cook’s referral four days later.
—Lisa Riordan Seville, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
The case has been referred to the juvenile officer to determine if charges will be filed.
—cleveland, 7 Dec. 2022
No charges were filed; however, a copy of the police report was forwarded to the juvenile officer.
—John Benson, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022
Charges for safecracking and breaking and entering were entered and the incident was referred to the juvenile officer.
—cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
Delao was hired in 2011 as a patrol officer, officials said, and has served within the department as an evidence technician, field training officer, juvenile officer, crisis intervention team officer and a firearms instructor.
—James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2021
His brother, 19, of Cleveland, was called in to take custody with information forward to the department’s juvenile officer, although the mother noted that the family was moving to Alabama later in the month.
—Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2021
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“Juvenile officer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juvenile%20officer. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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