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Budget cuts hurting juvenile rehabilitation programs www.privateofficer.com
December 29, 2008
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Atlanta GA. Dec 29 2008 – State budget cuts are forcing some of the nation’s youngest criminals out of counseling programs and group homes and into juvenile prisons in what critics contend is a shortsighted move that will eventually lead to more crime and higher costs.
Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia are among states that have slashed juvenile justice spending — in some cases more than 20 percent — because of slumping tax collections. Youth advocates say they expect the recession will bring more cuts next year in other states, hitting programs that try to rehabilitate children rather than simply locking them up.
“If you raise a child in prison, you’re going to raise a convict,” said South Carolina Juvenile Justice Director Bill Byars, credited with turning around a system once better known for warehousing children than counseling them and teaching them life skills.
Now, he’s been asked to draw up plans to trim an additional 15 percent from a juvenile justice budget already cut $23 million, or 20 percent, since June as part of the state’s effort to pare $1 billion from its $7 billion budget.
All five of the system’s group homes — which generally house less-violent offenders and give them more individual attention — have been shuttered. Also gone are some intensive youth reform and after-school programs in detention facilities.
The story is similar in other states. Kentucky is nixing a boot camp-style program developed by the National Guard. Virginia is losing behavioral services staff and a facility that prepares children to go home after serving time, along with smaller camps and community programs. Juveniles in those programs will return to traditional correctional facilities.
“It’s not like we’re going to say, ‘OK, let’s close a juvenile detention center,’ or something like that,” said Gordon Hickey, spokesman for Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. “We have to reduce spending across the state, and the governor looked at suggestions and recommendations from all departments. He certainly realizes that all of these reductions have consequences. The idea is to limit the damage as much as possible.”
Among the programs being cut in South Carolina is one that Lex Wilbanks, an 18-year-old arrested four years ago on drug and gun charges, credits with giving him back his future.
Before moving to the program run by Florida-based nonprofit Associated Marine Institute, which provides intensive counseling and wilderness camps in several states, Wilbanks spent four months in a regular juvenile detention center.
“When you did something wrong or you fight or you disrespect staff, they just throw you into lockdown,” Wilbanks said. “They just throw you in and make them fight to survive. You’re just making them a hardened criminal.”
In South Carolina, only 22 percent of offenders who go through the institute’s program later break the law, less than half the recidivism rate for juveniles in large state facilities, Byars said.
Through the program, Wilbanks worked his way to the top rank in Army Junior ROTC and earned a GED and college credits. Acting up brought meetings during which counselors “talk you through problems and how you can actually change,” he said. “It gives you hope.”
Florida is also axing three Associated Marine Institute programs to save $1.7 million, part of an effort to cut 4 percent, or $18 million, from the juvenile justice budget. Advocates are bracing for additional cuts as legislators go back to the Capitol in January to deal with a $2 billion state budget hole.
Florida’s juvenile justice system “is going to die the death of a million 4 percent cuts,” said Jacqui Colyer, who leads a state juvenile justice advisory group.
The picture isn’t as bleak everywhere. In New York, where the population of jailed juveniles has declined as the state moves toward a more community-based approach, Gov. David Patterson has proposed closing six youth facilities and consolidating and downsizing others that aren’t being fully used to save $12 million in 2009-10 and $14 million in 2010-11.
A court order limits the cuts California can make and Minnesota, Massachusetts and Nebraska haven’t made serious cuts to their systems. Other states, including Connecticut, Oregon, New Hampshire and Utah, are making more modest cuts or delaying planned spending.
Advocates say they worry most about losing programs, such as group homes, that take children out of large facilities to give them individual attention.
Juvenile facilities see an array of major and minor criminals. Gun, drug, sex and assault offenders may share sleeping quarters and classes with teen pranksters sentenced for disrupting schools or destroying property. Terms can last weeks or, in extreme cases, until youths become adults and are transferred to adult prisons.
Generally, less violent offenders make it to the smaller group homes, and experts say social pecking orders are easier to defuse in those settings compared to prisons where gangs try to form and fight for control.
Sheila Bedi, executive director of the Washington-based Justice Policy Institute, said housing children can cost as much as $600 per child daily. But the expenses can be much higher when children emerge hardened from big youth prisons, commit more crimes and end up in adult facilities.
“The truant comes out learning how to steal a car,” Bedi said. “You cannot expect a child to come out of that situation with the ability to make better life decisions.
Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia are among states that have slashed juvenile justice spending — in some cases more than 20 percent — because of slumping tax collections. Youth advocates say they expect the recession will bring more cuts next year in other states, hitting programs that try to rehabilitate children rather than simply locking them up.
“If you raise a child in prison, you’re going to raise a convict,” said South Carolina Juvenile Justice Director Bill Byars, credited with turning around a system once better known for warehousing children than counseling them and teaching them life skills.
Now, he’s been asked to draw up plans to trim an additional 15 percent from a juvenile justice budget already cut $23 million, or 20 percent, since June as part of the state’s effort to pare $1 billion from its $7 billion budget.
All five of the system’s group homes — which generally house less-violent offenders and give them more individual attention — have been shuttered. Also gone are some intensive youth reform and after-school programs in detention facilities.
The story is similar in other states. Kentucky is nixing a boot camp-style program developed by the National Guard. Virginia is losing behavioral services staff and a facility that prepares children to go home after serving time, along with smaller camps and community programs. Juveniles in those programs will return to traditional correctional facilities.
“It’s not like we’re going to say, ‘OK, let’s close a juvenile detention center,’ or something like that,” said Gordon Hickey, spokesman for Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. “We have to reduce spending across the state, and the governor looked at suggestions and recommendations from all departments. He certainly realizes that all of these reductions have consequences. The idea is to limit the damage as much as possible.”
Among the programs being cut in South Carolina is one that Lex Wilbanks, an 18-year-old arrested four years ago on drug and gun charges, credits with giving him back his future.
Before moving to the program run by Florida-based nonprofit Associated Marine Institute, which provides intensive counseling and wilderness camps in several states, Wilbanks spent four months in a regular juvenile detention center.
“When you did something wrong or you fight or you disrespect staff, they just throw you into lockdown,” Wilbanks said. “They just throw you in and make them fight to survive. You’re just making them a hardened criminal.”
In South Carolina, only 22 percent of offenders who go through the institute’s program later break the law, less than half the recidivism rate for juveniles in large state facilities, Byars said.
Through the program, Wilbanks worked his way to the top rank in Army Junior ROTC and earned a GED and college credits. Acting up brought meetings during which counselors “talk you through problems and how you can actually change,” he said. “It gives you hope.”
Florida is also axing three Associated Marine Institute programs to save $1.7 million, part of an effort to cut 4 percent, or $18 million, from the juvenile justice budget. Advocates are bracing for additional cuts as legislators go back to the Capitol in January to deal with a $2 billion state budget hole.
Florida’s juvenile justice system “is going to die the death of a million 4 percent cuts,” said Jacqui Colyer, who leads a state juvenile justice advisory group.
The picture isn’t as bleak everywhere. In New York, where the population of jailed juveniles has declined as the state moves toward a more community-based approach, Gov. David Patterson has proposed closing six youth facilities and consolidating and downsizing others that aren’t being fully used to save $12 million in 2009-10 and $14 million in 2010-11.
A court order limits the cuts California can make and Minnesota, Massachusetts and Nebraska haven’t made serious cuts to their systems. Other states, including Connecticut, Oregon, New Hampshire and Utah, are making more modest cuts or delaying planned spending.
Advocates say they worry most about losing programs, such as group homes, that take children out of large facilities to give them individual attention.
Juvenile facilities see an array of major and minor criminals. Gun, drug, sex and assault offenders may share sleeping quarters and classes with teen pranksters sentenced for disrupting schools or destroying property. Terms can last weeks or, in extreme cases, until youths become adults and are transferred to adult prisons.
Generally, less violent offenders make it to the smaller group homes, and experts say social pecking orders are easier to defuse in those settings compared to prisons where gangs try to form and fight for control.
Sheila Bedi, executive director of the Washington-based Justice Policy Institute, said housing children can cost as much as $600 per child daily. But the expenses can be much higher when children emerge hardened from big youth prisons, commit more crimes and end up in adult facilities.
“The truant comes out learning how to steal a car,” Bedi said. “You cannot expect a child to come out of that situation with the ability to make better life decisions.
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Shoplifters get banned from all Wal-Mart stores www.privateofficer.com
December 29, 2008
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec 29 2008
By: Bryan Hill
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http://www.privateofficer.com/—Officials of the nationas largest retailer said that women from Coffee County Tennessee have been banned from every Wal-Mart store in the nation.
Police said the two tried to steal 22 items from the Wal-Mart in McMinnville Tennessee, a town outside of Nashville. The two also tried to swipe a personalized birthday cake according to loss prevention personnel.
Nastaljia Holmes and Antonica Winton were apprehended by security leaving the store and arrested. Everything was recovered and the two were banned from the store.
Because the cake was personalized, the store said it couldn’t resell it, so on top of being banned and spending 10 days in jail, the women must also pay $20 — the cost of the cake.
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http://www.privateofficer.com/—Officials of the nationas largest retailer said that women from Coffee County Tennessee have been banned from every Wal-Mart store in the nation.
Police said the two tried to steal 22 items from the Wal-Mart in McMinnville Tennessee, a town outside of Nashville. The two also tried to swipe a personalized birthday cake according to loss prevention personnel.
Nastaljia Holmes and Antonica Winton were apprehended by security leaving the store and arrested. Everything was recovered and the two were banned from the store.
Because the cake was personalized, the store said it couldn’t resell it, so on top of being banned and spending 10 days in jail, the women must also pay $20 — the cost of the cake.
The two were also put on an internal watch list which marks them as banned from all Wal-Marts and should they be caught in any of their stores, Wal-Mart could prosecute them for trespassing.
Walmart officials and police did not give any reason for the chain wide ban.
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Two arrested for grand larceny at mall www.privateofficer.com
December 29, 2008
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Wesley Chapel Fla Dec 29 2008 – Two women engaged in some after-Christmas shoplifting Friday at the Shops at Wiregrass mall, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies arrested Shannon Suzanne Roughgarden, 24, of 7810 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., and Barbara-Jean Prieto, 22, of 8075 Tiger Cove, Naples, about 3:45 p.m. near Macy’s on suspicion of theft.
Deputies said Macy’s in-store security saw Roughgarden and Prieto place a variety of clothing in shopping bags, a diaper bag and a purse.
Deputies arrested Shannon Suzanne Roughgarden, 24, of 7810 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., and Barbara-Jean Prieto, 22, of 8075 Tiger Cove, Naples, about 3:45 p.m. near Macy’s on suspicion of theft.
Deputies said Macy’s in-store security saw Roughgarden and Prieto place a variety of clothing in shopping bags, a diaper bag and a purse.
The women were stopped shortly after they left the store’s south entrance, which leads into the rest of the mall, deputies said.
Between them, Roughgarden and Prieto had more $1,026 in merchandise in their bags, deputies said.
Between them, Roughgarden and Prieto had more $1,026 in merchandise in their bags, deputies said.
Both women were later released on $2,000 bond from the Land O’ Lakes Jail.
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Security officer shot by trespasser at Ohio apartments www.privateofficer.com
December 29, 2008
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Harrison Township, OH Dec 29 2008
BY: Rick McCann
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www.privateofficer.com Montgomery County Sheriffs Deputies responding to a shooting of a security officer over the week-end and are looking for a man who shot the security officer.
According to the MCSO, the shooting occurred in Harrison Township at about 9 o’clock Saturday night along Republic Drive in the Northland Village Apartment Complex.
Deputies say a man was trespassing and as security officers approached him he shot at the three security officers, hitting one man in the back.
“The suspect was trespassing and had been thrown out of the complex before. The security officers were probably going to arrest him or detain him for us, and he opened fire on the officer” Said Major Greg Laravie of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies locked down the area and went door-to-door at the complex looking for the gunman. The search was called off when the suspect could not be found but the sheriff’s office believe they know who the suspect is and will be able to apprehend him soon.
The security officer, has not been identified, was transported to an area hospital, and is expected to survive his wound.
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www.privateofficer.com Montgomery County Sheriffs Deputies responding to a shooting of a security officer over the week-end and are looking for a man who shot the security officer.
According to the MCSO, the shooting occurred in Harrison Township at about 9 o’clock Saturday night along Republic Drive in the Northland Village Apartment Complex.
Deputies say a man was trespassing and as security officers approached him he shot at the three security officers, hitting one man in the back.
“The suspect was trespassing and had been thrown out of the complex before. The security officers were probably going to arrest him or detain him for us, and he opened fire on the officer” Said Major Greg Laravie of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies locked down the area and went door-to-door at the complex looking for the gunman. The search was called off when the suspect could not be found but the sheriff’s office believe they know who the suspect is and will be able to apprehend him soon.
The security officer, has not been identified, was transported to an area hospital, and is expected to survive his wound.
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Oregon mall cleared after suspicious package found www.privateofficer.com
December 29, 2008
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MEDFORD Ore Dec 29 2008
mailtribune.com — A suspicious box believed to be a bomb temporarily disrupted shopping Saturday at the Rogue Valley Mall.
A concerned caller phoned Medford police around noon to report that a large box, which was wrapped in duct tape, was leaning against an outer wall near JC Penney beside a cargo door facing Interstate 5.
Officers, along with mall security, quickly cleared the parking lot and roped off the area to wait for Oregon State Police bomb squad technicians, Medford Master Police Officer Scott Clauson said.
“We found it odd the box was leaning against the building,” Clauson said. “We don’t take any chances.”
OSP bomb squad troopers arrived from Central Point with their bomb robot. The robot approached the box and destroyed it with a blast from a powerful water cannon, Clauson said.
It turns out the box was full of more cardboard boxes and nothing more, Clauson said.
Police are not taking any chances when it comes to unattended packages in the wake of an explosion in a Woodburn bank earlier this month that killed as OSP trooper and a police chief. The officers believed the bomb was fake when they took it inside the West Coast Bank, where it exploded.
Officers on the scene Saturday determined it would not be necessary to evacuate the mall as they dealt with the suspicious box, Clauson said.
“It was far enough away from the glass doors at JC Penney and we were more concerned with people in the parking lot walking to and from their cars,” Clauson said.
Shoppers were allowed to reach their cars after the robot destroyed the box. The incident lasted close to two hours, Clauson said.
“Had we found a strange box like that inside, we would have evacuated the mall,” he added.
Clauson was thankful the bomb robot was available in Central Point to defuse the situation within a couple of hours. Being one of the few OSP bomb robots in the state means the robot is often hours away and must be transported to a scene.
Last year, a hoax pipe bomb found on the Abraham Lincoln statue in Ashland’s Lithia Park forced an evacuation of the park and the entire downtown area.
OSP bomb squad officials said they respond to around 300 bomb reports in Southern Oregon per year. The majority of claims are false, though Clauson said each one is treated as if it were real until proven otherwise.
“We were just glad to get this taken care of safely,” he said.
mailtribune.com — A suspicious box believed to be a bomb temporarily disrupted shopping Saturday at the Rogue Valley Mall.
A concerned caller phoned Medford police around noon to report that a large box, which was wrapped in duct tape, was leaning against an outer wall near JC Penney beside a cargo door facing Interstate 5.
Officers, along with mall security, quickly cleared the parking lot and roped off the area to wait for Oregon State Police bomb squad technicians, Medford Master Police Officer Scott Clauson said.
“We found it odd the box was leaning against the building,” Clauson said. “We don’t take any chances.”
OSP bomb squad troopers arrived from Central Point with their bomb robot. The robot approached the box and destroyed it with a blast from a powerful water cannon, Clauson said.
It turns out the box was full of more cardboard boxes and nothing more, Clauson said.
Police are not taking any chances when it comes to unattended packages in the wake of an explosion in a Woodburn bank earlier this month that killed as OSP trooper and a police chief. The officers believed the bomb was fake when they took it inside the West Coast Bank, where it exploded.
Officers on the scene Saturday determined it would not be necessary to evacuate the mall as they dealt with the suspicious box, Clauson said.
“It was far enough away from the glass doors at JC Penney and we were more concerned with people in the parking lot walking to and from their cars,” Clauson said.
Shoppers were allowed to reach their cars after the robot destroyed the box. The incident lasted close to two hours, Clauson said.
“Had we found a strange box like that inside, we would have evacuated the mall,” he added.
Clauson was thankful the bomb robot was available in Central Point to defuse the situation within a couple of hours. Being one of the few OSP bomb robots in the state means the robot is often hours away and must be transported to a scene.
Last year, a hoax pipe bomb found on the Abraham Lincoln statue in Ashland’s Lithia Park forced an evacuation of the park and the entire downtown area.
OSP bomb squad officials said they respond to around 300 bomb reports in Southern Oregon per year. The majority of claims are false, though Clauson said each one is treated as if it were real until proven otherwise.
“We were just glad to get this taken care of safely,” he said.
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Group reports fewer police deaths this year www.privateofficer.com
December 29, 2008
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WASHINGTON DC Dec 29 2008 AP – Fewer police officers died in the line of duty in 2008 compared to last year, reflecting better training and tactics, two law enforcement support groups reported Sunday.
The findings reversed the trend for 2007 when there was a spike in police deaths, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and another group, Concerns of Police Survivors.
The groups reported fatalities through Sunday.
Officer deaths this year totaled 140, compared to 181 in 2007.
Gunfire deaths dropped to 41 officers this year, compared to 68 in 2007. The 2008 number represented the lowest total since 1956 — when there were 35 — and was far below the peak of 156 officers killed by gunfire in 1973.
Traffic-related deaths also declined, with 71 officers killed this year, compared to 83 in 2007. It was the 11th consecutive year that more officers were killed in traffic incidents than from any other cause.
More than 61 percent of this year’s fatalities involved accidents and 39 percent resulted from criminal acts.
The only downside was deaths of women officers: 15 in 2008 compared to 6 a year ago. More women officers than before are in harm’s way, the groups said, because they’re taking on the same dangerous assignments as men.
Craig Floyd, chairman of the Memorial Fund, said in an interview that officers are getting better training and equipment.
More than 70 percent of policemen use bullet-resistant vests compared to fewer than half a decade ago, he said.
And officers are making better use of Taser stun guns and other non-lethal weapons that keep them a safe distance from violent offenders, Floyd said.
To avoid traffic deaths, officers are better trained in high-speed and defensive driving techniques. Police vehicles now have better safety equipment, including side air bags and a substance installed near the gas tank to suppress fire when the vehicle is struck.
The states with the most deaths were Texas with 14, followed by California with 12, then Florida and Pennsylvania with eight apiece,
Other factors cited by Floyd for the reduction in police fatalities:
_A record 2.3 million adult criminals behind bars, according to a study released earlier this year by the Pew Center on the States.
_A 2007 violent crime rate that held steady at the 2005 level, according to the Justice Department.
The Memorial Fund honors law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty and is in charge of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington.
Concerns of Police Survivors provides support and counseling to surviving family members of officers killed in the line of duty.
The findings reversed the trend for 2007 when there was a spike in police deaths, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and another group, Concerns of Police Survivors.
The groups reported fatalities through Sunday.
Officer deaths this year totaled 140, compared to 181 in 2007.
Gunfire deaths dropped to 41 officers this year, compared to 68 in 2007. The 2008 number represented the lowest total since 1956 — when there were 35 — and was far below the peak of 156 officers killed by gunfire in 1973.
Traffic-related deaths also declined, with 71 officers killed this year, compared to 83 in 2007. It was the 11th consecutive year that more officers were killed in traffic incidents than from any other cause.
More than 61 percent of this year’s fatalities involved accidents and 39 percent resulted from criminal acts.
The only downside was deaths of women officers: 15 in 2008 compared to 6 a year ago. More women officers than before are in harm’s way, the groups said, because they’re taking on the same dangerous assignments as men.
Craig Floyd, chairman of the Memorial Fund, said in an interview that officers are getting better training and equipment.
More than 70 percent of policemen use bullet-resistant vests compared to fewer than half a decade ago, he said.
And officers are making better use of Taser stun guns and other non-lethal weapons that keep them a safe distance from violent offenders, Floyd said.
To avoid traffic deaths, officers are better trained in high-speed and defensive driving techniques. Police vehicles now have better safety equipment, including side air bags and a substance installed near the gas tank to suppress fire when the vehicle is struck.
The states with the most deaths were Texas with 14, followed by California with 12, then Florida and Pennsylvania with eight apiece,
Other factors cited by Floyd for the reduction in police fatalities:
_A record 2.3 million adult criminals behind bars, according to a study released earlier this year by the Pew Center on the States.
_A 2007 violent crime rate that held steady at the 2005 level, according to the Justice Department.
The Memorial Fund honors law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty and is in charge of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington.
Concerns of Police Survivors provides support and counseling to surviving family members of officers killed in the line of duty.
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