Improving Interactions Between Cops and Kids

Strategies for Youth (SFY) is one of the few organizations in the country focused on the true front door of the juvenile justice system: interactions between youth and law enforcement officers. Recently, SFY published a collection of model policies for departments to use in making those interactions safer and more productive. 

SFY’s Shelley Jackson, who spent decades working on guidance and policy for the federal government, joins us to describe these model policies and how they came together. 

Reading Room

12 Model Law Enforcement Policies for Youth Interaction
https://strategiesforyouth.org/model-policies/

“Kids Are Not a Priority Until They’re A Problem” https://imprintnews.org/podcast/kids-not-priority-until-problem

Make Training Police on Juvenile Justice, Youth Interaction a National Priority
https://bit.ly/3IFnzbY

Hope Springs Infernal for Better Policing
https://bit.ly/3DIleJG