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JUVENILE AID BUREAU J.A.B.LIEUTENANT ROBERT G. ROWAN, COMMANDERThe Montclair Police Department Juvenile Aid Bureau (JAB) is responsible forinvestigating all crimes committed by juveniles that occur within the Township of Montclair.Detectives are specially trained to conduct criminal investigations, as well as interact with,and mediate problems that youths may have. In addition, they continually receivetraining to assist in their investigative duties and enhance their skills.The Juvenile Aid Bureau's primary objective is to protect theyouth within this community. This is performed by maintaining aconstant, meaningful, and positive communication with the youthin order to develop cooperative relationships and facilitateleadership skills. It is important to identify youths at risk and toprovide an arena in which positive interaction/intervention cantake place between youths, parents, school staff, and the police.In addition, the Juvenile Aid Bureau must detect and arrestoffenders, keeping in mind some of the alternatives that are unique to the Juvenile AidBureau (i.e. curbside warning, stationhouse adjustment, mediation).A member of the Juvenile Aid Bureau also serves as a liaison to the JuvenileConference Committee, which consists of a panel of six to nine trained citizen volunteerswho hear the cases of minor juvenile offenders. Recommendations, if approved by thejudge, become a court order which is monitored by the Juvenile Conference Committee(JCC). The program is designed to divert juveniles charged with first or second time minoroffenses to their local JCC, which acts as a community-based arm of the Family Court.In 2011, the Committee heard 59 cases.JUVENILE DISPOSITIONS 2009 2010 2011TOTAL COMPLAINTS 237 259 224CURBSIDE ADJUSTMENTS 0 4 0STATIONHOUSE ADJUSTMENTS 10 14 18MEDIATIONS 112 106 85CONFERENCE COMMITTEE 31 42 59JUVENILE ARRESTS 2009 2010 2011JUVENILE AID BUREAU 64 46 48SCHOOL RESOURCE OFC. 46 28 11DETECTIVE / NARCOTICS 14 4 6PATROL 73 82 79TOTAL 197 160 144SENTENCING 2009 2010 2011PARENT /GUARDIAN 157 110 117JUVENILE DETENTION 33 27 27SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER SROThe Montclair Police Department has a specially trainedofficer assigned to the Montclair High School in the capacity of SchoolResource Officer. This officer works with the staff and students to resolveconflicts, teach, and mentor the children as they navigate through the highschool system. In 2010 the SRO was involved in over 1004 field contactswith students and made 28 arrests. One of the activities the SROparticipated in was, “School Violence Awareness Week”, an outreach program coordinatedin conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. TheSRO was also an advisor for Students Against Violence Everywhere (S.A.V.E.), astudent-initiated program that promotes nonviolence within schools and communities.9