PROBATION REFORMS UNDER FIRE CRITICS CLAIM RULES ERODE POLICING JUVENILE OFFENDERS.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | December 4, 2001 | Copyright

Byline: Beth Barrett Staff Writer

San Fernando Valley juvenile judges and prosecutors told top county probation officers Monday that their programs for reforming gang members and protecting the community from youthful offenders have lost credibility and ceased to be effective.

The meeting marked the climax to weeks of escalating complaints by judges, commissioners, prosecutors and some Valley probation officers - largely ignored by top probation administrators. They said sharp cuts in the probation staff coupled with new probation policies were making it ...

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