![]() ![]() O’Brien said they would like teen court to be used more, and they would like their own juvenile assessment center. READ: Data breaches impacting schools hit record numbers during pandemic Lake County only allows them to attend it once. Some counties allow youth offenders to attend it three times. ![]() The citation program allows first-time juvenile misdemeanor offenders to work off the offense. ![]() The Sheriff’s Office used the works in lieu of arrest program, also known as WILA. “There are counties that have other diversion programs that we don’t have either,” Jones said. We try to use the avenue to fit the child at the time depending on what crime they are being charged with.” When asked if Lake County is overzealous in making arrests, O’Brien said, “I don’t think we are overzealous. READ: Housing crisis lead to return of Section 8 waitlist in Orange County “More juveniles are being arrested, unfortunately,” he said. In fact, he thinks the arrests are on par with other counties, He said he doesn’t think the state numbers are accurate. Tim O’Brien, who is in charge of the county’s school resource officers. Compare that to Orange County, which has more than four times the number of students but had only 195 arrests.Ĭhannel 9′s Shannon Butler spoke with Lake County Lt. READ: I-4 through Central Florida is short hundreds of parking spots needed for truckers, FDOT saysĪccording to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Lake County has the second highest number of arrests in the schools for sixth to 12th grade, with 378 arrests, second only to DeSoto County. A lot of these occasions, especially the felonies - our hands are tied,” Lake County Sheriff’s Office Lt. “We don’t want to arrest these kids because we know the impact it is going to have long-term. Simon is fighting the charges of robbery but is worried about the impact the arrest will have long-term. Fred Hawkins to step down for job at South Florida State College ![]()
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