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MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NOVEMBER 24, 1981 I. ROLL CALL The meeting was called to order by Mayor Krause at 7:30 p.m. in the Public Safety Building, 112 East Northwest Highway. Present at the meeting were: Mayor Krause; Trustees Ralph Arthur -and Gerald Farley. Also in attendance were Assistant Village Manager Geick, Village Planner Steve Park, representatives from the press and three persons in the audience. Absent were Trustees Leo Floros, Edward Miller, Norma Murauskis and Ted Wattenberg. II. MINUTES The Minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting of November 10, 1981 were accepted and filed. III. ELECTRONIC GAMES AND REGULATIONS The Mayor and Board -discussed the report provided them by the staff regarding electronic games, arcades and the regulation of electronic games via the Village's Zoning Ordinance and its regulatory powers. The staff report consisted primarily of a review of our business licensing procedures, zoning regulations and policing problems with regard to arcades and electronic games as accessory uses. Village Planner Steve Park presented a verbal report to explain the present deficiencies in the Village's Zoning Ordinance and what steps the Village Board might wish to consider in upgrading the Zoning Ordinance. The staff,recommendations included the following points. 1. That the Village Board consider an increase in the charge per machine for electronic games. 2. That the business hours for arcades be changed to coincide with our curfew regulations. 3. Adult supervision of arcades should be a require- ment. 4. The Village's regulations should take into consideration the proposed facility, parking, traffic, pedestrian safety, the number of games and the proximity of the location to schools and liquor establishments. 5. There should be clarification in the Zoning Ordinance regulations regarding incidental and accessory buildings, bulk and parking. 6. The establishment of a moratorium on future licensing of arcades or electronic games until such time as amendments can be made to the Zoning Ordinance and other portions of the Municipal Code. The Village Board agreed to establish a moritorium for a period of approximately four months so that staff can have an opportunity to develop more detailed recommendations to present to the Village Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals. Those recommendations should be prepared and presented at a future Committee of the Whole meeting prior to a presentation to the Zoning Board of Appeals. IV, Ll tiOR LICENSE CODE The Village Manager made recommendations to the Village Board for changes in our Liquor License Code to: 1. Allow for unlimited sampling permits for liquor. 2. To put a daily permit fee on such sampling permits. 3. Establish a policy of not prorating the liquor license fee no matter what time the applicant applies for the license. 4. Establish a policy of not returning a prorated fee for license holders who give up their liquor license. Following discussion of these recommendations, the Village Board agreed with the recommendations to establish unlimited sampling permits and to establish a $10.00 per day permit fee to cover municipal expenses in issuing these permits. The Village Board also agreed to establish a policy of not prorating the initial license fee for new liquor licenses issued for the first nine months of the year and that any license issued in the last three months of the fiscal year would then be issued on a prorated basis. For the handling of licenses that expire, the Village Board recommended following a policy of prorating the fee to be returned to license holders when a business has closed permanently and recommended not prorating the fee for the transfer of a business from one owner to another. It was the Village Board's desire not to hurt any further business whose declining sales or other financial problems had already forced its closing. If proper language can be worked out with the attorneys to incorporate these thoughts in an Ordinance, then the staff should proceed to prepare such an Ordinance for future consideration by the Village Board. V. MANAGER'S REPORT 1. Assistant Village Manager Geick reported that the XYTEL INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BOND issuing Ordinance and other materials will be prepared for consideration by the Village Board at the December 1, 1981 meeting. 2. AUDIT/TAX ABATEMENT. Village Manager Burgbard was attending the -Finance Commission's meeting to present the Village Audit and recommendations on tax abate- ment. The report from that Finance Commission meeting will be developed and distributed to the Village Board for their consideration at the December 1 Village Board meeting. 3. BUDGET SCHEDULE. The staff is in the process now of Ue_Ve:76P_1ngp_reTiminary budget figures which would be assembled and then distributed to the Finance Commission about December 21. Following the Finance Commission's initial review of those figures, the staff would begin the development of a second draft of the Budget which would be distributed to the Village Board on or about January 29. It would be the staff's recommendation that the Committee of the Whole meeting on February 9 be used to discuss that second Budget draft so that the Village Board could provide further policy guidance in the develop- ment of a final budget draft. A detailed review of the final Budget draft and separate Departmental Budget recommendations would then take place for the first time at the Committee of the Whole meeting on February 23, 1982. VI. ANY OTHER BUSINESS 1. Mayor Krause informed the Board that District 57 will hold its first meeting on Busse School on December 1, at 7:30 p.m. 2. Trustee Ralph Arthur provided the Village Board with a report on the Solid Waste Study being conducted by various municipalities in conjunction with the Northwest Municipal Conference. Trustee Arthur and Health Director Pat Luehring also attended a field trip this date to view the Chicago Solid Waste Incinerator and the Rolling Meadows Solid Waste Transfer Station. VII. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD A. GEICK Assistant Village Manager EAG/rcw Village of Mc it Prospect Mount Prospect, Illinois INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM m��b] � TO: rsxnxwcs L ounoxxnu, v|LLxns mxxAosx FROM: muwAm W. pAxLocx, cx|sF OF Poc|cE L m uVoJccT: YOUTH s vAmoAL|sx ncponT DATE: nsccmosn }' 1381 Attached to this memo is a brief report outlining the historical perspective of acts of vandalism in the Village of Mount Prospect. As is noted by the attached report, it appears that vandalism decreased one year ago but appears to be increasing this year. The report also indicates that the majority of arrests in the past years have been juveniles; however, there are several vandalism incidents involving the arrest of adults. Consequently, vandalism is not solely a youth problem. The following brief outline will indicate some suggestions for a future approach ,o resolving some of the community concerns as they relate to vandalism: \. when an act of vandalism occurs it is generally because of one of three reasons: o. Revenge x. Mischievous acts c. Accidental This is tied in to the fact that most acts of vandalism are perpetrated by individuals that live within a three or four block arca of the location. It is also tied in generally to a family system or persons that know each other. These acts of criminal damage cannot be controlled vary strongly by increased patrol or additional police officers in p particular segment of the cnmmvnity' Acts of this type are generally sporadic and take place at times when a marked squad "nit can be easily observed' The basic problem of vandalism is generally a family system concern. 2^ Vandalism has been reduced or at least controlled in many communities by a series of programs geared toward the family and its members. These program, involve intense contact with elementary and junior high school children, creating a system of positive peer pressure against the ac, of' vandalism. The family system is also interfaced in the introduction of various social service programs whereby when an act of vandalism occurs and an arrest takes place, the individual apprehended can be totally ravimxcu and the family of the perpetrator is also counseled. The social workers or trained police officers can gear in on the problem basis that may ,elate to the above three previously stated causes of vandalism; i.e., was the act or vandalism a result of revenge or mischievousness, or simply accidental? .%� December ], 1981 Page -z- |n the Village of Mount prospect we presently have a school liaison program and a very limited police investigator youth section in the Police Department. The missing link in this system is a need to further enhance the already existing social service units presently in the ncunt Prospect area, or look to the future creation of a police social service unit consisting of two o, three professionals that would handle approximately 60% or 70% of our youth contacts. Often times the present juvenile contact is simply a phone call or brief meeting with the child and his parents' The social service unit can su further by discussing the matter intensely with the juvenile involved as well as his parents and may even be able to move into some neighborhood concerns that often lead to the revenge syndrome or cause of vandalism. It is my intention as Chief of police to thoroughly investigate all existing problems and over the next several months review the possibility within present budgetary constraints the formation of this type of a unit' or further utilize the services of existing social services in the community coupled with additional training of our police officers in the field` giving them the means to attack the problem of vandalism, 3' The recommended changes in the parental nasppnsib7/ty act are a step in the right direction putting additional responsibility on the parents of the vandal. This is, however, simply a punitive approach and unless it is followed by further counseling with the vandal and the parents' either in the public or private sector, repetitive vandalism will continue by the same individuals for the same reasons. This approach would require the cooperation of the community as well as the courts and other factions of the criminal justice system. Also, it cannot be resolved overnight and will take a concerted effort of reorganization of the thought process within the Police Department and in many cases the community, as to how to sincerely attack this growing concern.` Ronald W. pavlock Chief of Police nvp:j» At,ch. VANDALISM REPORT In preparing the following report the facts and figures gathered follow the standards set by the |l|iov}s Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Under |.U.cn. guidelines, the following offenses are classified vandalism. Criminal Damage to property Criminal Damage to Vehicle Criminal Trespass to Lana Criminal Damage to State Supported Land Criminal Trespass to Vehicle The statistics for the period 1974-1977'ane not as accurate as those for the period 1978-1981, This is due to the modification of our departments collection methods based on |.o.c.x. standards and the advent of Fnnn Set || which provides more definitive information. Based on the above parameters, Appendix | reveals that for the period of )974-)977' act, of vandalism show a minimal fluctuation. The period 1978-1979' indicates an increase of approximately 200 offenses' Appendix || reveals that for the period of 1979-1980 juveniles were arrested at a greater frequency than adults for acts of vandalism. Secondly, male subjects accounted for 95.2% of all juveniles arrested' In addition, although acts of vandalism decreased from 1979 (1,513) through 1980 (1`450) arrests increased from a high of 132 in 1979 to 167 in 1980. Appendix ||| inditates that offenses of vandalism appear to show a slight increase from march through August. In analyzing these statistics and their relationships to the Village of Mount prospect's Parental Responsibility Act rd. 2667, 10/5/76) there appears to be little relationship between the cxistance of the act and the rare of vandalism. However, it is important to point out that ac- cording to the mount Prospect Police Department's Juvenile Investigative Division the Ordinance has only been utilized on four (4) occasions since its inception. In reviewing Ordinance 2667, it must he noted that it only holds parents responsible in cases where their children have committed acts of Trespass in addition to Criminal Damage. In addition, it requires a separate hearing brought by petition to circuit court in an attempt to determine the parental liability. This hearing has a tendency to cause delay and vnav/y complicate the process. Since a major portion of vandalism occurs without the act of Trespass it /, apparent that the present Ordinance does not encompass the full scope of the vandalism problem. mwoAUsn REPORT Page Two In looking at the Ordinance 2667 from a historical perspective, it appears to have had its origin at a time when the Village of Mount Prospect and several surrounding communities were plagued with numerous assaults on schuo)s. This concern for school property may help us understand what the individuals responsible for drafting Ordinance 2667 were attempting to It is very apparent that the ordinance needs some revision. Particularly in the area of the courts procedural process and also the Ordinance should be made to encompass thespecific crimes considered "vandalism." 1 (1513) (1450) 1 ( (1345) 1257) (1238) (1233) (1182) (819):{ i € 1974 1975 APPENDIX I *6,Month Figure for 1981 1976 1977 1978 1979 REPORTED VANDALISM - 1974-1981 1980 1981 300 250 150 100 50 1979 1980 = JUVENILE MALE 74 F JUVENILE FEMALE 2: ;1t: ADULT MALE 51 ADULT FEMALE - 167 " TOTAL ARRESTS JUVENILE MALE 84 r ; 132 I TOTAL +s JUVENILE FEMALE ARRESTS ' 82 .85 76 — JUV< ; JUV _ a" ADULT =t — ADULT MALE—t 74 :F . a — 56 ADULT FEMALE 8 s A LI_ _ 11 _ vi 4 hN VISIE I Y APPENDIX II VANDALISM ARRESTS 1979-1980 1979 600 K2 400 c•N FA loo Jan. -Feb. March -April May -June July -August Sept. -Oct. Nov.-Oec. APPENDIX III LITTLEJOHN, GLASS & YOWELL, LTD. ATTORNEYS AT LAW G - RENT YOWELL 899 SKOKIE -BOULEVARD BRADLEY M. GLASS NoRTHIBRoon, ILLINOIS 60062 W. L. 1A7TLEJOHN (312) 564-6910 EVERETTE M. HILL, JR. SUzA.NNE B. DALLMEYER .MICHAEL M. ROTH July 31, 1981 Mr. Terrance L. Burghard Village Manager Village of Mount Prospect 100 S. Emerson Mount Prospect, IL 60056 Re: The Village of Mount Prospect Parental Responsibility Act Dear Mr. Burghard: CHICAGO OPPICE 135 SOUTH LASALLE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603 (312) 263-3060 WILLIAM P. TpEAcy OP W.N.tI. AuG 3 The recent case of Village of Mount Prospect v. Charles Rogers and James Johnson involved our first court testing of the Mount Prospect Parental Responsibility Act. Unfortunately, the results were not favorable for the Village, as there was no order requiring the parents to make restitu- tion to the victims for their slashed tires. Having prepared the matter for trial with Everette Hill and having discussed it both before and after trial with Judge Martay, I believe that the Act needs revision. Enclosed please find my memo concerning the Act. My suggestions are based upon comparison with other similar municipal Acts, the need to comply with State law, and my own observations regarding the practical problems of enforcing the Act. Please review and comment on the proposed Act. I look forward to hearing from you. Very truly yours; M�chael 1, Roth MMR/hm Enclosure M E M 0 R A N D U M TO: Mr. Terry Burghard Village Manager Village of Mount Prospect FROM: Michael M. Roth Littlejohn, Glass & Yowell, Ltd. DATE: July 29, 1981 RE: The Village of Mount Prospect Parental Responsibility Act Act. I. Present Village of Mount Prospect Parental Responsibility Section 23.308. Minor Offenders; Financial Responsibility of Parent or Legal Guardian. A. Should any aggrieved party desire a hearing relative to any actual damages sustained by reason of any act of trespass by any unemancipated minor, such person shall petition the Circuit Court of Cook County in the name of the Village for such hearing. B. The parent or legal guardian or an unemancipated minor who resides with such parent or legal guardian is financially responsible for actual damages for any trespass of such minor child as defined in this Article, provided such parent or legal guardian has been served with summons and a copy of petition for hearing. 1. Hearing on such petition shall proceed in the Circuit Court of Cook County in the same manner as other civil proceedings concerned with ordinance violations, except that the scope of such proceedings shall cover only the issues of: a. Whether such unemancipated minor was placed under arrest for a violation of this Article; and b. Whether such unemancipated minor was found by - a Court to have committed such trespass; notwithstand— ing the fact that said Court may not have entered a finding of "guilty" against said unemancipated minor. 2. In the event the Court shall find that (a) an unemancipated minor was placed under arrest for a violation of this Article and shall find that (b) such unemancipated minor was found by a Court to have - 2 - committed such trespass, then the court shall find such parent or legal guardian responsible on such petition and shall order the parent or legal guardian to make restitution or reparation in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or the actual loss or damage to property and/or pecuniary loss, whichever is the lesser. 3. When the Court orders restitution or reparation, the Court shall determine the amount and conditions of payment. If, thereafter, the conditions of pay- ment have not been satisfied, the Court may, upon the motion of the Village and within the limits here- inabove set forth, impose such additional penalties as it seems appropriate. (Ord. 2667, 10-5-76). Il. Proposed Village of Mount Prospect Parental Responsibility Act. Section 23.308. Minor offenders; Financial Responsibility of Parent or Legal Guardian. A. The parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated juvenile who resides with such parent or legal guardian is liable for actual damages for the wilful or malicious acts of such juvenile which caused injury or loss to a person or property. Said juvenile shall be deemed to have committed the offense or offenses enumerated in this Article with the knowledge, consent, acquiescense and permission of the parent or legal guardian, in violation of this Article. The said parent or legal guardian shall be liable for fine, requirement of restitution or reparation, in an amount not to exceed $1,000.00 or the actual loss or damage to the property and/or pecuniary loss, whichever is the lesser, imposed by a court upon the minor defendant for violation of this Article. When the court orders restitution or reparation, the court shall determine the amount of and conditions for payment. If the parties have not agreed on the amount' of damages, the Judge shall conduct a separate hearing on that issue. The amount of the actual loss or damage shall be presumed to be that amount represented by not less than two bonafide itemized estimates of the damages incurred or an actual bill for repair or replacement presented by the victim. The defendant shall then have an opportunity to rebut the cost set forth in the afore- said documents. If thereafter the conditions of payment have not been satisfied, the court may, upon the motion of the village and within the limits hereinabove set - 3 - forth, impose such additional penalties as it deems appropriate. B. No parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated juvenile who resides with such parent or legal guardian shall be held liable for damages as provided for in this Section, unless he or she is made a party defendant. A parent or legal guardian shall be made a party defendant by having received a written notice setting forth the charges against such unemancipated juvenile either by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, with a certificate of personal service returned and the police department of the Village of Mount Prospect prior to the filing of any lawsuit to recover such damages. The scope of any action brought pursuant to the provi- sions of this Article shall cover only the issues of: 1. Whether such unemancipated minor was placed under arrest for violation of this Article; 2. Whether such unemancipated minor was found by a court to have committed the offense or offenses referred to in Subsection A of this Section, not withstanding the fact that said court may not have entered a finding of "guilty" against said unemancipated minor. III. Changes suggested by the Proposed Act. 1. As it presently stands, the Mount Prospect Responsibility Act requires a separate hearing which is to be brought by petition to the Circuit Court of Cook County. I think that this bifurcated proceeding will allow unnecessary delay by the defendant which in turn will be an inconvenience to the injured party. By the proposed act, one hearing would establish both the juveniles and the parents obligations. 2. 1 eliminated reference to the "Circuit Court of Cook County in the same manner as other civil proceedings" because (a) it has to be in the Circuit Court of Cook County anyway; and (b) that phrase might conflict with Paragraph A - 4 - which sets forth the simple method for establishing the amount of damage. 3. As is, the Act refers to "any act or trespass". Since the majority of cases of this type which come into traffic and ordinance court are for charges of vandalism, trespass., criminal trespass to property and criminal damage to property, the first sentence in paragraph A should better avoid potential problems concerning the scope of the Act. 4. Our biggest problem seems to be establishing the amount for which the parents are liable. Since our traffic and ordinance court is a quasi -criminal court, the judges are reluctant to perform the civil court function of measuring and ordering damages. The last paragraph of Section A was an attempt to overcome that reluctance by setting down a standard procedure by which the fair value of the victim's loss can be ascertained. M E M 0 R A N D U M DATE: December 2, 1981 TO: TERRANCE L. BURGHARD, Village Manager of Mount Prospect FROM: DIANE K. MARKGRAF, Mount Prospect Representative of the State's Attorney's Narcotics Task Force 1708 Pheasant Trail — Mt. Prospect, IL SUBJECT: PRESENTATION OF STATE'S ATTORNEYS PROGRAMS TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR CAROLYN KRAUSE AND MEMBERS OF THE VILLAGE BOARD Enclosed, for your review and comments, is a copy of the presentation to be made to Mayor Krause and the Village Board concerning the imple- mentation of the State's Attorney's Program on Drugs/Narcotics in the Village of Mount Prospect. MANE K. MKO Enc. edh LIST OF SERVICES IN OFFICES CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL - FULFILLS CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO BRING THE OPERATIONS OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN MORE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. - CONSISTS OF 28 MEMBERS REPRESENTING BOTH CITY AND SUBURBAN AREAS. (19 MEMBERS FROM CITY - 9 FROM SUBURBS) - COUNCIL KEEP THE OFFICE UP -DATED AND INFORMED ON ALL THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT COOK COUNTY. - WITH THEIR IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS, THEY CAN HELP US MORE EFFECTIVELY FIGHT CRIME. - COUNCIL ESTABLISHED 7 TASK FORCES WHICH WILL DEVOTE TIME TO SPECIFIC CRIMINAL ISSUES WHICH CONCERN THE CITIZENS OF COOK COUNTY. I. (DRUG TASK FORCE - TOMDWYER� - 30 MEMBER TASK FORCE REPRESENTING COMMUNITY, BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. - STRONG SUBURBAN REPRESENTATION, AS WELL AS CITIZENS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. - MEMBERS ARE DEVOTED TO REVIEWING. THE NATURE OF THE DRUG PROBLEM IN COOK COUNTY AND OUTLINING SPECIFIC TASKS FOR THE GROUP. THESE TASKS WOULD INCLUDE: A. SUGGESTING REFORMS OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUG LAWS TO THE LEGISLATIVE ARM OF THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE; B. MONITORING JUDGE'S SENTENCING PATTERNS; C. WORKING CLOSELY WITH SCHOOLS TO IDENTIFY DRUG PROBLEMS AND PUSHERS. D. MONITORING DRUG EDUCATION MATERIALS SUCH AS FILMS, SLIDE - SHOWS, PAMPHLETS... II. GANG CRIMES TASK FORCE SANDI MC CAIN 43 MEMBERS, PRIMARILY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. FIRST MEETING - RECOMMENDED BY MEMBERS THAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL LOCAL MEDIA BE CONTACTED AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD REFUSE TO PUBLISH THE NAME OF A GANG MEMBER OR GANG WHEN A CRIME IS COMMITTED BUT RATHER, HIGHLY PUBLICIZE THE CONVICTIONS OF GANG MEMBERS. III. JUVENILE CRIME TASK FORCE - CATHY RYAN 26 MEMBERS REPRESENTING BUSINESS,COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. TASK FORCE FEELS STRONGLY THAT PARENTS SHOULD BE MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN (KNOW WHERE THEY ARE... MANY MEMBERS ARE PARENTS THEMSELVES AND THEY POINTED OUT THAT NEGLIGENT PARENTS WERE A CHIEF CAUSE OF THE JUVENILE CRIME PROBLEM. APATHY AMONG PARENTS TOWARD CHILDREN TOO OFTEN RESULTS IN GANG ACTIVITY, BURGLARIES, VANDALISM, CHILD PROSTITUTION... MEMBERS ALSO CALLED FOR TOUGHER PROSECUTION OF VIOLENT JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND RESOLVED TO OUTLINE WAYS THE TASK FORCE MIGHT SUPPORT THE OFFICE'S JUVENILE CRIME CODE LEGISLATIVE REFORMS. - 2 - IV. VICTIM -WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - EILEEN SPRINGER - VICTIMS OF A CRIME WILL FEEL VICTIMIZED TWICE - FIRST BY THE CRIMINAL AND THE SECOND TIME BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. - EVERYONE ORGANIZED (,LAWYERS, JUDGES, COURT SYSTEM, EVEN THE CRIMINALS) EXCEPT FOR THE VICTIMS'AND WITNESSES. - VICTIMS AND WITNESSES NEED SUPPORT - THE OFFICE GIVES THEM THAT SUPPORT. - UNTIL THE VICTIM -WITNESS PROGRAM, THERE HAS BEEN NO AGENCY WHICH IS SOLELY CONCERNED WITH THE NEEDS OF CRIME VICTIMS AND WITNESSES. - VICTIM -WITNESS STAFF IS CONTACTING VICTIMS & WITNESSES TO OFFER THEIR ASSISTANCE WHICH INCLUDES: A. NOTIFICATION OF COURT DATES AND CONTINUANCES. B. TRANSPORTATION TO COURT WHEN NEEDED. C. REFERRALS FOR COUNSELING. D. SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS. E. HELPING IN FILING FOR COMPENSATION. F. ASSISTANCE IN PROPERTY RETURN. G. RELOCATION OF VICTIMS AND WITNESSES WHO ARE BEING THREATENED. STAFF WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY VICTIMS AND WITNESSES TO COURT, ANS117ER NON -LEGAL QUESTIONS AND BE A "FRIEND" IN THE COURTROOM. - 3 - V. WOMEN'S ISSUES TASK FORCE JULIE HAMOS ........ ....... .... . . . ......... .... .......... ESTABLISHED TO EVALUATE THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE's POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS RELATED TO ISSUES SUCH AS: SEXUAL ASSAULT OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN; INCEST; WOMAN ABUSE; CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT; PORNOGRAPHY; and PROSTITUTION. TO PROVIDE OFFICE WITH COMMUNITY RESPONSE ON WOMEN'S ISSUES. BRINGS TOGETHER MEN AND WOMEN FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITY GROUPS, PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND WOMEN'S GROUPS. IT INCLUDES STATE LEGISLATORS, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF ADVOCATES,FOR RAPE VICTIMS AND BATTERED WOMEN. VI. PUBLIC INTEREST TASK FORCE - GLEN CARR CONSUMER FRAUD UNIT - IN PAST, ACTED LIKE A COLLECTION AGENCY; ... .... . ....... NOW, THEY PROSECUTE OFFENDERS. CRIMINAL HOUSING UNIT - RON STEVENS, SUPERVISOR NURSING HOMES - STU SIKES --.. - . . .......... ENVIRONMENTAL - ELIZABETH SCHOTLEY HEALTH DIVISION - MICHAEL KRELOFF .... ...... MENTAL HEALTH UNIT - ARTHUR SAMUELS, KAREN DIMOND . . .... . . ............. -.,— OBSCENITY UNIT - R. ZADEK PATERNITY UNIT - TIM MURPHY, BARBARA WHEELER ........... --- ..................... . . . ---- UTILITIES UNIT - PAT GIORDANO. - 4 - PUBLIC ...... INFORMATION PRESS SECRETARY DAVE DEVANE RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH MEDIA ON THE OFFICE. SENIOR CITIZENS' ADVISORY Co ESTABLISHED TO KEEP OFFICE INFORMED OF THE PROBLEMS THE ELDERLY- ARE FACING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUN.lTIES THEY REPRESENT. SENIORS LIVE IN AN ALMOST CONSTANT FEAR OF CRIME BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH VULNERABLE TARGETS, THEIR INFORMATION, IDEAS AND CONCERNS WILL HELP US TO PINPOINT THE MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS IN ORDER TO COMBAT CRIME AGAINST THE ELDERLY. LAWMOBILE OFFICE ON WHEELS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE OFFICE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CITIZENS THROUGHOUT COOK COUNTY. STAFFED WITH 'PERSONNEL WHO WILL ACCEPT COMPLAINTS, ANSWER QUESTIONS, DISTRIBUTE LITERATURE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. LAWMOBILE VISITS SHOPPING CENTERS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, NURSING HOMES AND SENIOR CITIZENS' CENTERS. STAFF TRAINED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WITH PROBLEMS IN THE AREAS OF ARSON, CONSUMER FRAUD, CRIMINAL HOUSING, DRUGS, CRIMINAL STREET GANGS AND VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF CRIMES. AVAILABLE SEVEN (7) DAYS A WEEK TO SCHEDULE THE LAWMOBILE, THE PHONE NUMBER IS 443-8571. - 5 - SPEAKERS' BUREAU !`, 0S 7 r2M f}n✓ TO ESTABLISH DIRECT LINKS WITH ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED ABOUT CRIMINAL, MATTERS IN COOK COUNTY. — ASSISTANTS GO TO COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS GROUPS AND TALK TO THE CITIZENS ABOUT THE OFFICE, ANSWER QUESTIONS. — CONTACT ON A PERSONAL BASIS — FOR SCHEDULING OR INFORMATION, CONTACT KATHY OSTERMAN AT 443-8918. SUBURBAN FELONY REVIEW UNIT — BOB EGAN, LARRY HYMAN — BEGAN JUNE 1, 1981. — CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO SUBURBS. — SUBURBAN POLICE CHIEFS SAID THAT THIS SERVICE WAS CRUCIAL. — SUBURBAN FELONY REVIEW IS IN DES PLAINES (NORTH);MARKHAM (SOUTH); MAYBROOK (WEST). — FELONY REVIEW MAIN TASK IS TO REVIEW EVIDENCE OF SERIOUS CRIMES AND DECIDE WHETHER CHARGES ARE CALLED FOR, AND WHICH PRECISE VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW ARE APPROPRIA'T'E. — NO MORE DELAY WHEN SUBURBS NEED ASSISTANCE FROM FELONY REVIEW. GIVES SUBURBAN POLICE INSTANT ACCESS TO LEGAL, INFORMATION. SEX CRIME PROSECUTION PROGRAM - JULIE HAMOS — THREE (3) PART PROGRAM TO UPGRADE AND IMPROVE THE PROSECU— TION OF SEX CRIMES. — PLACING A NEW EMPHASIS ON THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF THESE CRIMES. — 6 — PROGRAM INCLUDES VERTICAL PROSECUTION TECHNIQUES/INTENSIVE TRAINING FOR ASA'S THROUGHOUT THE OFFICE/NEW COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF COOK COUNTY SERVICE AGENCIES USBi5 FOR REFERRAL OF SEX CRIME VICTIMS. SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF SEX CRIMINALS AND RAPISTS REQUIRES ESPECIALLY CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN PROSECUTORS AND VICTIMS. TWO (2) PILOT APPROACH: FIRST PHASE: NOV. 2 - INSTITUTE VERTICAL PROSECUTION . .......... FOR A NUMBER OF SEX CRIMES CASES IN CHICAGO. TEN (10) PROSECUTORS WILL TAKE FIVE (5) CASES EACH TO FIND PROBABLE CAUSE - THIS WAY, VICTIM WILL GET TO KNOW AND FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH PROSECUTORS HANDLING THEIR CASES. .SEC.2ND_.P H.A.SE: INVOLVES ANOTHER FIFTY (50) SEX CRIME CASES, WILL BE PROCESSED USING VERTICAL VICTIM -WITNESS ASSISTANCE. VICTIMS WILL BE ASSIGNED ONE TRAINED STAFF PERSON FROM VICTIM -WITNESS ASSISTANCE OFFICE - STAFF PERSON WILL RE14AIN WITH VICTIM FROM PRELIMINARY HEARING THROUGH THE TRIAL. SYSTEMS OFFER CONTINUITY AND SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS. MAKE ONE BETTER PREPARED AND MORE ASSURED WITNESSES DURING PROSECUTION. ONE HUNDRED (100) CASES IN PILOT PROGRAM WILL BE PREPARED WITH CASES IN SYSTEM UNDER NORMAL PROCEDURES. TRAINING - 1-'- DAYS - COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; - WORKING WITH FAMILIES CONCERNING INCEST; - INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES WITH CHILD VICTIMS USING ANATOMICAL DOLLS AND COURTROOM TACTICS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF SEX CRIME CASES. - 7 - THIRD COMPONENT: RESOURCE MANUAL WHICH INCLUDES 62 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES IN COOK COUNTY - FOR SERVICE TO RAPE VICTIMS. MANUAL PLACED IN EVERY OFFICE OF STATE'S ATTORNEY FOR PROPER REFERRALS TO VICTIMS. OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT - DAVE ATKINS - TO ASSIST.CITIZENS WITH -COMPLAINTS ABOUT A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. - OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT DESTROYS PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT. - POLICE CORRUPTION - MOST SERIOUS - LET PEOPLE KNOW WE WILL HELP. - UNIT WILL AGGRESSIVELY EXPLORE AND INVESTIGATE PA . TTERNS OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION.... HOTLINE NUMBERS - GANGS 890-3454 - NARCOTICS 890-2724 - ARSON UNIT 890-6358 - NURSING HOME 443-8550 - VICTIM -WITNESS ASSISTANCE 890-7200 - OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT 890-3455 - ADVISORY COUNCILS 443-8918 - HOUSING 443-8429 - JUVENILE DIVISION 738-8512 - LAWMOBILE 443-8571 - CONSUMER FRAUD 443-8425 8 - Dear Principal sc Offi,r"B"^/«7/ ^V*V/ ~ '7vIrphonc: (312)751-5200 3istctLA"pcCcLz""a,uCND � ��clor-gr CatW;c 'Efcmc-lari_S*oa� November 18° 1981 The following information has been brought to our � attention by the Department of Public Health and Police / authorities: "A form of 1atoo transfers called 'Blue Stars' are readily availab7e. This is a small sheet of white paper containing numerous blue stars the size 'of a pencil eraser, / Each star is impregnated with |5D and can be removed | from the paper to be placed in the mouth. Absorption \ also can occur through the skin by simply handling the � paper of tatoos. "There are also brightly colored yoper'tabs resembling postage stamps in size which have pictures mf Svperman° Hickey Noose dressed as a sorcerer's apprentice, Dopey and possibly other characters. The stamps are packed in a red cardboard box h*fth a picture of Mickey Mouse, wrapped in foil, in a tlear ZipYmck-type 6og' They come in five -inch - square sheets with lUO perforated half -inch -square stamps, or they could come in other forms' "This- is -a new wuy-of--selI ing-acid-_,A young -child could_ happen upon these and have a fatal 'trip.' It is also feared that little children could be given a free 'tatou' by older - children who *ant to have some fun. It is impnrtamt'that you are aware of this in ckse.yuur child or someone else's became2 involved, even innocently." ' Please share this information with your fxcu71iel. Sincerely yours,. � � Sister Anne C' Leonard" CND Director of Catholic Elementary Schools &CL/yb COOK COUN I Y STATE'S APIC. S OFFICE Rchard M Daley VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 NOVEMBER 1981 It is iffirorian,t'that the slogan -- as well as the efforts - of the south side suburban Human Action Community Organization (HACO) be understood. That is why we have highlighted the I achievements of this anti-crime group in 06s issue of the newsletter. The key to fighting crime i -s in the neighbor- hool. and in the families which make tip the communities of Cook County. 'This is true because successful organization of nei�,.hborhoods to combat crime does not come about accidentally. A few determined people put in a lot of hard work: they closely monitor crime in their areas; they are attentive to the performance of law enforcement officials; they suggest legislative and other reforms; they encourage parental responsibility and in general support law enforcement. It is hard to estimate precisely the value of such community effort, for it is usually preventive. One thing is clear, however: it is quite often the crucial element in the fight against crime. 'This kind of effort — by HALO and other groups -- has directly assisted art(] indirectly supported this office in making important changes changes, for example, Such as the proposal of better laws, expansion of "felony review'to the suburbs, the develop- ritent of our victim/witness assistance piogram, and the reduction of trial delay. All this Lmes to show that it is not an idle catch phrase: the key to fighting crime is in the neiQhborhoods and communities. State's Attorney Richard M. Daley "The Key to Fighting Crime is in the Neighborhoods" It is not just a slogan for the south suburban Human Action Community Organization (HACO), it is their program: "'T'he key to fighting crime is in the neighborhoods." Formed 10 years ago in south suburban Harvey, the multi -service volunteer organization now serves 10 communities, including Markham, Dixmoor, Phoenix, South Holland, Dolton, Riverdale, and parts of Chicago Heights. 'The organization has a membership of over 300. Too often communities try to ignore their crime problems and leave them to police, fearing adverse publicity if indi- viduals or organizations call attention to local criminal activity. With its emphasis on neighborhood involve- ment, HALO soundly rejects this view. For the past two years, LaVerna Lach, a member of HACO's executive board and of the State's Attorney's Citizens Advisory Council, has headed HACO's Anti-Crirne Committee. fheresswe they 'aeon 1')�0away ifwe pro ' jeers affiliated ffili Laied Vitit14XC0u-tk'6,S6u'(h Sulrurba'n dri- its Parro4organized eight '. years ago a' f9ritier police- man and'a'leiading mera lx,� f`61 HALO. 11,eadquattered an tti "H iiuey"potic Stats tit i,z,elnlsl patrol tnein lb, e I r I s 1are, equipped with walkid faME"fid CB ,,radios in their cars, linking theca rkrougb 4beir own dispaLrcher16":. police squad cars,. "I he members don't get ,out,pf their pirs m-craire-sl tualion&�! notes 1. ac4_.- Fhey m*4 back to the base statron,:aitho-ugh"iti'e"'v" do help out in 4isiesaers;'au , c , hlis,7 fires. accidents and itizxns Patrol r 'Isis One key element in all the activities "i o irnatee_h" as ,qpf HA .,(0 and'its'Crinre C' it" b�,eij inr;Tsinger lzeri involvement, X ni'o,r'.igthe .activities and special mmirttee iave i4cn: *'Xvicimt-wituress tissistance P!ewgram program 'The State's Attorney's Office of Cook County is accepting applications for student interns to work in the Office's new Victim Witness Assistance Pro- gram in the Juvenile Division. Applica- tion deadline for the winter semester is January 15. Students accepted into the program will work in the very heart of the juve- nile justice system, learning how juvenile crime affects its victims, the operation of the juvenile court system, and the services available for juveniles. Following orientation, student interns will be engaged in the following activities: contacting victims and/or witnesses in advance of court appear- ances; arranging for transportation; meeting with victims in court to pro- vide basic information on the juvenile justice process; suggesting referrals to social agencies: and assisting victims of crime to receive compensation. Most students will be part-time interns, working approximately 15 hours per week, on a staggered sched- ule. Although they serve on a volunteer basis, students will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket transportation expenses. The program is open to both under- graduate and graduate students. Students will receive three hours , 4,zh" J 41 Student interns discuss their new responsibilities in the Juvenile Victin?-Witne6d Assistance Program with SAO supervisors (from right)Joseph Bessette, Eileen Springer, and,Laitvence O'Gara, Crirninal Prosecutions Bureau Chief course credit from their schools. Joseph Bessette, director of the Office's Planning and Training Divi- sion, observed, "One unique feature of the program is that it is no longer limited to just law students, but is opening up to students in other fields, such as criminal justice, social studies, sociology and political science." Interns will meet several times each semester with top supervisory person- nel to discuss their experiences and assess how their work is contributing to their education. Student interns will be directly responsible to Eileen Springer, director of the Victim -Witness Assist- ance Program. Springer commented, "We're happy to have the interns — they're generally enthusiastic, dedi- cated and hardworking. They are learning not only about the juvenile criminal justice system, but also about the tral-11na of the victims and wit- nesses of juvenile crime." Applications for the student intern- ship program from Chicago -area colleges and universities should be directed to the SAO Plannim,, and Trainirig, Division. Criminal Courts Building. 2650 S. California Ave. Chicago 11, 60608, or by phoning: 890-7147, "The Key to Fighting Crime is in the Neighborhoodsl omm4w (Coiruinued,frorn page4")," encourages neighbors to help and support the victims of crime and offers an award for outstanding witnesses. • An anti-crime reward program launched January, 1980. • A court watch program. • A coinmunity anti-crime block watch program. o An arson -awaren ess program, includ- ing the production of a film on the arson problem. 0 A prograrn providing guest speakers on criminal justice matters, and a platform for sounding out the views of judicial and law enforcement candidates. • The production of a 16mm color, sound film, 26 minutes in length, titled, "It Could Happen To You." The film, warning of the methods of confidence men who target the elderly, was produced by HACO, the Riverdale Police Department, and 'Thornton Community College (for information on the film, contact HACO at 339-7902 or at their offices, 108 East 154th St., Harvey, Illinois 60426) , The Citizens Patrol and the other anti-crime activities of HALO receive substantial praise front area police departments. Observes Harvey Police Chief Bruce P. Terry, "We really appreciate them being around. They have been a very positive force over the years." "Our most pressing problem," con- cludes I aVerne Lach, "is the juvenile problem. We're going to zero in on that more. It's not a simple problem, but involves drugs, vandalism, prostitution, gangs, all sorts of other problems, and adequate laws." Page 5 ZL909 Slouilll '09ealyD uOallua'eN 'S OOLL uOISIAiQ alluannj AiunOD IOOD JO janOD lin:)alD 31NOOU NOIIVW2IO3N1 0028-8�L (ZL�} ZL909 SIOUEIII 'OSeDIHD uOII!WUN 'S 00LL uOISIAIQ allUaAn f AiunOD FOOD JO janOD lin:)arD i N n Q %F�1 c t "The law, this (Juvenile) Court, this idea of a JUVEN I LE COURT separate court (for children) to administer justice... (and to act) like a kind and just parent ought to treat his chiZdren...has gone beyond the experimental stage and attracted the attention of the entire world. This is a pioneer movement, Illinois being the first State to provide a court for chiZdren..." K C U N T Y COU First Annual Report, Juvenile Court of Cook County, June, 1900 INFORMATION BOOKLET D The Illinois Juvenile Court Act is established "to provide for the protection, guidance, care, custody Published by: and guardianship of the persons of boys and girls who are delinquent, otherwise in need of supervision, neglected or dependent, ... to secure for each minor Circuit CoUCt of Cook County subject hereto such care and guidance, preferably in his own home, as will serve the moral, emotional, juvenile ©lVISIOn mental, and physical welfare of the minor and the best interests of the community..." 1100 S. Hamilton Chicago, Illinois 60612 Juvenile Court Act, Preamble and Sec. 70Z -2(Z), January, 1980 duly, 1980 Cover Photo - Courtesy of C. F. Murphy Associates. JUVENILE COURT HEARINGS..................19 Preliminary Hearings...................20 TABLE OF CONTENTS Adjudicatory Hearings..................21 DispositionaZ Hearings.................23 HISTORY AND MISSI0N.......................1 Types of Dispositions.................. 24 Specialized Hearings...................28 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE..................2 Rights of People Before the Court ...... 30 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART....................3 ADULT CASES IN JUVENILE COURT ............ 30 Judges and the Calendar System .......... 5 Citizen's Committee.....................5 WHO'S WHO IN THE COURTROOM ............... 31- Administrative Departments..............6 The Judge .............................. 31 Liaison Agencies. .. ..................7 The Attorneys ..........................31 WHO'S WHO IN A TYPICAL COURTROOM IN JUVENILE COURT (Chart) ............ 32 TYPES OF CASES HANDLED AT JUVENILE C0URT..............•...•...10.............33 Other Courtroom Personnel. What Is A Petition.....................11 Others Involved In A Case .............. 33 Types of Juvenile Petitions ............ 11 SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE JUVENILE C0URT.....................34 HOW CASES ARE REFERRED TO JUVENILE C0URT......................12 Probation Services for Delinquent {' and MINS children.....................34 Action By Police ....................... Probation Services for Dependent Referrals by ➢CFS......................14 and Neglected Children. •,•••. .36 Specialized Services...................37 JUVENILE COURT INTAKE PROCESS ............ 14 Support Services ....................... 38 Types of Complaint Screening Decisions ............................15 public Awareness Efforts .....••••.•••••40 STEPS IN THE JUVENILE COURT PROCESS (Chart)................17 HOW YOU CAN HELP.........................41 HISTORY AND MISSION The Juvenile Court of Cook County, Illinois, was the first Juvenile Court in the United States. Established on July 1, 1899, the Juvenile Court was designed to provide help to children and their families, and at the same time provide protection to the public. This was the intent of the leaders of the movement to establish the Juvenile Court system in Illinois. They felt that minors who were breaking the law should be handled differently from adult criminals and that children who were not receiving proper parental care ought to be given the opportunity to receive such care. This movement was originated in the early 1890's by women in the Chicago Women's Club and by Jane Addams and her associates at Hull House with the support of concerned social workers, judges, attorneys, and legislators. From the passing of the first Juvenile Court Act on April 14, 1899, through its 50 -plus years at its present location at Ogden and Roosevelt, the Juvenile Court has been constant in its efforts to protect the right of children to full opportunity for normal growth and develop- ment, to protect the right of families to remain together, and to protect the right of society to safety. The present day Juvenile Court, with its roots in the dawn of the twentieth century, began in 1965 with a major revision of the Juvenile Court Act which more clearly defined the exercise of the rights of due process for children and their families referred to the Court. The current trends toward a higher degree of specialization and toward a greater degree of accessibility of court services also began in the 1960's with the establishment of specialized court- rooms, community offices, and special services. These trends should continue into the foreseeable future. In fact, throughout its history, the Juvenile Court has con- tinually affected the future because of its mission to provide for the protection, ca and guidance of young people, the future the world. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE The Juvenile Court is a division of the Circuit Court of Cook County and serves the Cook County area containing over six million people. The Chief Judge, as administrator of the entire Circuit Court, appoints the Presiding Judge and the other judges to the Juvenile Division. The Presiding Judge, as the top administr of the Juvenile Division, oversees the operation of the Juvenile Court. The Pre- siding Judge coordinates the Judges, attorneys, and other support staff who com- prise the legal structure of the Court, whose primary mission is to ensure the protection of the public and of the clients of the Court. The Director of Court Services, under super- vision of the Presiding Judge, administers the six major departments of the Juvenile Court Services Administration, which has the primary responsibility for carrying out the service mission of the Court. The Chief 6 Circuit Court of Cook County CHIEF JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT JUDICIARY Juvenile Division CITIZEN'S ,,:, t.uyE - COMMITTEE Juvenile Court Services Administration DIRECTOR OF COURT SERVICES LEGAL l SERVICES DEPARTMENT CLINICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT -Steno Staff -Health & -Transpor- -Office -Attorneys Psychiatrists Supplies -Guardians Bulletin -Printing Ad Litem Psychologists -Statistical -Process Servers Social Workers -Research NORTH DIVISION Northern COOK COUNTY (City -Sub.) Probation Units for Delinquent and MINS Children SOUTH DIVISION Southern COOK COUNTY (City -Sub.) Probation Units for Delinquent and MINS Children BUDGET & ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT -Budgetary Matters -Payroll Probation Services CHIEF FROBATIOId OFFICER JOINT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DIVISION Probation Units for Delinquent and MINS Children located in Chicago Community- based offices DEPENDENT/ NEGLECT DIVISION -Agency Guardianship Monitoring -Dependent/ Neglect -Personal Guardianship Monitoring -Special Services PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT -Applications -Record -Clerical Library Staff -Steno Staff -Health & -Transpor- Safety tation -Nursery/ -Staff News Dispensary Bulletin Department SPECIALIZED SERVICES DIVISION Advocacy Group Work MINS Family Intervention Speakers Bureau Volunteer Program TRAINING DIVISION -Family Therapy Training -On-going Educational Programs -Student Interns -Training for New Probation Officers ORGANIZATIONAL CHART -LIAISON AGENCIES \ located at the Juvenile Justice Center -Juvenile Temporary Detention Center -Cook County Sheriff -Cook County Court Reporters -Clerk of the Circuit - Court of Cook Coin -Cook County Public Defender -Cook County States Attorney -Chicago Police Dept. -- Youth Division I -Ill. Dept. of Children and Family Services -Ill. Dept. of Public Aid'' -Ill. Commission on _Delinquency Prevention/ COMPLAINT/ ADJUDICATION DIVISION Adjudicators Complaint Screening Units Designees Probation Officer, under the supervision of the Director of Court Services, administers the largest department, Probation Services, which itself is organized into seven divisions. The Judges and the Calendar System Circuit Court Judges assigned to the Juvenile Court are responsible for the hearing of cases involving minors referred to their courtrooms, which are called "Calendars." Cases are assigned to Calendars by geo- graphic location or by type of case. Cook County is divided into six geographic locations, or Municipal Districts. Chicano comprises Municipal District 1; the suburbs in the northern, northwestern, western, southwestern, and southern areas of the County comprise Municipal Districts 2 through 6. Cases involving delinquent youth and minors in need of supervision (MINS - runaways, truants, and those beyond parental control) are assigned to Calendars by Municipal Districts; in Chicago, cases are assigned by police districts as well. Cases involving abused, Neglected, and dependent children are not assigned geographically but rather are assigned to those Calendars which specialize in those types of cases. Citizen's Committee The Citizen's Committee on the Juvenile Court began in 1963. It monitors the operations of the Juvenile Court and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. The Citizen's Committee also seeks to influence government and community agencies to adjust their programs to the diverse needs of the children and families in the juvenile justice system. 5 Administrative Departments The six departments of the Juvenile Court Services Administration are designed to provide direct services to the clients of the Court or to provide support to the Court's service function. The LegaZ Services Department has the respon- sibility to act as a "guardian" or advocate of the true needs and best interests of non -delinquent children throughout all legal proceedings. The main function of the Department of 1 CZinicaZ Services is to provide the Court with psychiatric and psychological evalua- tions; the Department also provides clinical consultation with other court staff as well as providing the Court's clients with therapy when treatment is not available elsewhere. The StatisticaZ Department is responsible for the preparation of the official statis- tical reports regarding the operation of the Juvenile Court; the Department also handles the printing, office equipment, and supplies used by Court staff. The Budget and Accounts Department maintain'_ records regarding the payroll and other budgetary accounts. The many functions of the Personnel Depart- ment include responsibility for personnel action regarding new applicants as well as regular staff, for the supervision of the secretarial and stenographic staff, for the maintenance of Court records in the Record Library, for the Court's Dispensary, and for employee health and safety matters. Because of the Juvenile Court's emphasis on service, the majority of Juvenile Court staff are assigned to the Probation Services Department. The functions and services provided by each of this Department's seven Divisions are described in other sections of this booklet. Liaison Agencies The efforts of many professionals are required to help make the juvenile justice system in Cook County function in an effec- tive and efficient manner. Besides the employees of the Juvenile Court, there are several employees of other city, county, and state agencies who maintain offices at the Juvenile Justice Center, located at 1100 S. Hamilton in Chicago. This building also houses the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center as well as the courtrooms and offices of Juvenile Court. The Juvenile Temporary Detention Center provides temporary secure detention for children who are alleged or are proven to have committed delinquent acts.. These children can be admitted to the Detention'01 ��_ Center either by - direct judicial order or by youth officers from Chicago, suburban, or state police departments. The Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (formerly called the Audy Home) operates under the juris- diction of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and is administered by the Superintendent. The Detention Center is staffed by children's 7 attendants, medical professionals, social workers, chaplains, and teachers certified in special education. The Center's programs include intake services, special education, recreation, religious activities, counseling, medical and dental care, as well as balanced meals, clothing, and secure shelter. other Cook County agencies which are directly involved with the processing of cases through the legal structure of the Juvenile Court also maintain offices in the Juvenile Justice Center. The Assistant State's Attorneys are empowered by the Juvenile Court Act to represent the best interests of the "People of the State; of Illinois" and of the children who appeal before the Court. In order to ensure the rights of all who are referred to the Court, a defense attorney is appointed to represent the interests of those accused. Since many clients of the Juvenile Court are unable to afford legal representation, an attorney from the Public Defender's office may be appointed to repre- sent the best interests of children alleged to be delinquent, or the interests of parents of alleged MINS children, or the interests of parents who have been charged with abuse or neglect of their children. of course,( the clients of the Court may always retain a defense attorney of their choice. The responsibility for the record-keeping function, essential to the operation of the legal structure, rests primarily with the Cleric of the Circuit Court. The Clerk's juvenile division staff maintains and processes all legal records, such as judi- cial orders, subpoenas, and warrants. R] • The Court Reporters produce all transcripts of courtroom proceedings. The Cook County Sheriff assigns officers to the Juvenile Court to provide for the se- curity and protection of people in and around the courtrooms and to enforce direct orders of the Juvenile Court's judges. Officers from the Chicago PoZice Department, Youth Division, are assigned to the Juvenile Justice Center to act as liaisons between the Court and district police officers and to serve subpoenas and warrants to Chicago residents involved in Juvenile Court pro- ceedings. Representatives from several State of Illinois social service departments main- tain offices at the Juvenile Court to improve coordination of services with the Court's probation staff. Caseworkers from the Illinois Department of ChiZdren and Family Services (DCFS) perform the role of liaison between Court staff and caseworkers in the Department's district offices; they also assist in the screening of cases involving children referred to their care. Workers from the Illinois Department of PubZic Aid coordinate investigations by their field staff into reports of depen- dency, abuse, or neglect of their clients and will assist in the processing of such cases through the Court. The Illinois Commission on Delinquency Prevention (ICDP) currently administers the Illinois Status Offender Services (ISOS) program which provides emergency shelter and counseling to MINS children. ISOS program staff members are assigned to the Court to facilitate coordination of services between their own field staff and the Court. Children and families who are involved with the Juvenile Court are served by many other agencies which work closely with the Court but do not maintain offices in the Juvenile Justice Center. Some delinquent children are committed to the detention facilities and programs of the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC). Other children and families served by the Juvenile Court are referred to treatment programs offered by the Illinois Department of MentaZ HeaZth and DeveZopmentaZ Disabilities (DMHDD). Juvenile Court probation staff often work with schooZ officials and social service professionals from the many private agencies in providing a variety of services to the clients of the Juvenile Court. TYPES OF CASES HANDLED . AT JUVENILE COURT The Juvenile Court Act defines the different kinds of situations under which children may be referred to Juvenile Court. Children may be brought to Juvenile Court if they are abused, neglected, or dependent; if they are charged with a criminal offense; or if they are runaways, habitually truant, or beyond the control of their parents. Adults who abuse or neglect children living in the same household may also be brought to Juvenile Court. 9 10 What Is A Juvenile Petition Referrals to Juvenile Court are made by preparing a 'petition.' A petition is a legal document that "requests" that the Juvenile Court, in the person of the Judge, declare a child to be a "ward of the Court" because the child is delinquent, in need of supervision, dependent, or neglected. Declaring a child to be a "ward of the Court" means that the Juvenile Court has authority, or jurisdiction, over a child in a similar way that a "wise and just parent" has authority over his/her child. Types of Juvenile Petitions One of the ways a child can be declared a ward of the Juvenile Court is to be found to be delinquent. The Juvenile Court Act defines a delinquent child as "any minor who prior to his 17th birthday has violated or attempted to violate, regardless of where the act occurred, any federal or state law or municipal ordinance." (Sec. 702-2) A child, under the age of 18, may also be declared a ward of the Court if he/she is found to be a minor in need of s rervision ( I;`. S) . A M.TNS child is also referred to as a "status offender" since such 'offenses' can only be committed because of the child's 'status' as a minor. A MINS child is one who is a runaway, ungovernable (that is, beyond the control of parents or guardians), habitually truant, addicted to drugs, or who violates a court order. The third type of juvenile petition is the neglect petition. Neglect petitions are drawn up not only for children who are neglected but also for children who are abused. The Juvenile Court Act defines a neglected child as "any minor under 18 years of age who is neglected as to proper or necessary support, education,...medical or other remedial care,...other care necessary for his well-being, or who is abandoned by his parents, guardian or custodian; or whose environment is injurious to his wel- fare or whose behavior is injurious to his own welfare or that of others." (Sec. 702-4) A child may also be referred to Court under a dependent petition if the child is under 18 years of age and is without a parent or guardian, or is without proper care because of the disability of his parent, or without proper care through no fault, neglect or lack of concern of the parents, or who has a parent or guardian who, with good cause,; wishes to relinquish all parental rights and also desires the appointment of a guardian with power to consent to adoption. Typically, delinquent petitions account for approximately 65% of all petitions referred to the Court; MINS petitions for about 15%; neglect and dependent petitions for about 20%. HOW CASES ARE REFERRED TO JUVENILE COURT Since most cases referred to the Juvenile Court involve delinquent acts or status offenses, the -t t- #: majority of refer- rals are made by police. Occasionally, referrals are made by Probation Officers or by Assistant State's Attorneys at Juvenile Court or by public and private social service 11 12 personnel, school officials, parents, or any person interested in the behavior or care of a child. Action by Police In the case of a child who has allegedly committed a delinquent act or a status offense, a Youth Division Police officer from any of the police departments in Cook County has four options after apprehending the child and informing the child of his/her rights: If the problem is minor, the police officer may simply give the child a verbal warning with nothing being entered in the record. The police officer may also make a station adjustment; that is, the matter is 'adjusted' at the 'station' so that the child is allowed to return to the home of his/her parents or guardians with no further action taken by police or by the Court. However, the station adjustment is recorded in the police records. The decision to make a station adjustment depends on the serious- ness of the alleged offense, the child's previous record, and the Youth officer's evaluation which is based on his/her investi- gation and interviews with the child, the family, and others involved. The Police officer also has the option of drawing up a petition and referring the case to Juvenile Court while allowing the child to remain with his/her parent or guardian. 13 However, if there is reason to believe that the parents cannot control the child or that the child is a danger to self or to the community or that the child requires pro- tection, the officer may draft a petition and place the alleged delinquent in secure custody at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center after informing the parents. Juvenile Court Act provisions which specify condi- tions for the continued detention of delin- quents are explained later in this booklet. Referrals by DCFS The majority of referrals which are not made by the police involve abused, neg- lected, and dependent children. Most such referrals are made by the Illinois Depart- ment of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The 1979 Abused and Neglected Child Report- ing Act lists twenty-seven categories of professionals who, if they have reasonable cause to believe a child to be abused or neglected, are required to report to DCFS. Any other person, however, can - and should - make such a report. After an investigation of the report by a worker in a DCFS Child Protective Services Unit, DCFS may draft a petition and refer the case to Juvenile Court since the Juvenile Court has sole authority to ensure the protection and treatment of the child through judicial orders of temporary custoc_ or guardianship, usually given to DCFS. JUVENILE COURT INTAKE PROCESS All referrals to Juvenile Court, in the form of petitions and requests for action under the Juvenile Court Act, are initiated through experienced Probation officers and Clerks assigned to the Complaint Screening Units of the Complaint Screening/Adjudication 14 Division. This Division is one of seven Divisions which comprise the Court's Pro- bation Services Department. Complaint Screening staff gather information to make a decision as to whether to refer the case to a courtroom for a hearing before a Judge or whether ser- vices should be provided by another resource. The Probation Officer who is assigned to screen the case will interview the child, the parents, and other interested parties and will collect information from material supplied by the people (most often the police) who are making the referral. In addition to this informa- tion, the Probation Officer/Screener usually consults with an Assistant State's Attorney about the case and reviews the Court's files for previous records concerning the child. Types of CompZaint screening Dispositions Once all relevant information is obtained, theScreener and his/her Supervisor then decide on the best way to handle the case. In arriving at their decision (called the Complaint Screening Disposition), several factors are considered, including the circumstances that led to the referral, the child's behavior both past and present, the family situation, and anv available resources which could help the child and the family. At this point, there are two major di spositional choices which can be decided upon by the Screener and Supervisor. They can either file the petition or use one of several diversion programs. 15 The filing of a petition, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court, is accomplished by setting a date for a hearing of the case by a Judge in a courtroom; approximately three-fourths of the cases referred result in the filing of a petition. There are many cases, however, which do not require judicial hearings; those cases are 'diverted' away from the courtroom, and one of five major diversion options is chosen. The case can be adjusted. This option is chosen when the situation is not serious and neither the child nor the public is ini any danger, and when further Court action is unnecessary. Some cases, however, although not requiring judicial action, may require further service. These cases are placed on 90 -day Supervision with the parent, an agency, or with a Juvenile Court Probation officer. In cases where parental authority needs to be rein- forced by the Juvenile Court, the Screener may require the child to follow specific rules of conduct under parental supervision; the parents are usually asked to make regular reports during the 90 -day period as well. If it is evident that the proble which exist within the family require pro- fessional help, a referral to a community- based agency is made if the family and the agency are willing to participate. In cases where more information is needed or where brief service by a Probation Officer is likely to improve the situation, the case is referred to an appropriate Probation Officer Unit. Many cases involving MINS youth are referred to the MINS FamiZy Inter- vention Unit. Probation Officers in this Unit are specially trained in family therapy 16 STEPS IN THE JUVENILE COURT PROCESS REFERRAL BY DCFS & OTHERS (Page 14) ACTION BY POLICE (Page 23) c : STATION ADJUSTMENT (Page 13) DIVERSION PROGRAMS (Page 16) -_ TRANSFER NEARING (If no finding) —®--� HEARING 1 31 t I TYPES OF DISPOSITIONS (Page 24) } CASE CLOSED Al JUVENILE COURT VERBAL WARNING (Page Z3) techniques. They meet the youth and the family for counseling sessions during the 90 -day period. If the child and the family successfully complete the 90 -day Supervision, involvement by the Court will end. However, if the child's behavior or the situation continues to deteriorate, further action by the Court may be taken, usually through the filing of the petition. JUVENILE COURT HEARINGS The filing of a petition begins the hearings which are held before a Judge assigned to the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. Juvenile Court hearings are formal procedures where the Judge hears various aspects of the case presented by the parties involved so judicial decision can be three types of hearings, purpose -- the preliminary hearing, the adjudicatory hearing, and the dispositional hearing. that the appropriate made. There are each defined by its Preliminary hearings Matters considered at the preliminary hearing are those issues which must be dealt with before the case can proceed further. In all cases before Juvenile Court, the Judge will first inform the parties involved of the charges in the petition and of their rights in the proceedings. If the parties are unable to retain their own defense attorney, the Judge can appoint an attorne* to represent their interests. A preliminary hearing may also be used to consider whether an alleged delinquent should remain in detention, or custody. This custody hearing must, as specified in the Juvenile Court Act, be held within 36 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Court holidays. If it is determined to be "an urgent and immediate necessity" to con- tinue detention, the Judge then issues a hold in custody order. If continued deten- tion is determined to be unnecessary, the Judge would order the child to be releasee Although it is not allowed to place depen- dent, neglected, or MINS children in secure detention, many such children are placed into foster homes or residential, shelter care homes to provide them with immediate protection and shelter. The Juvenile Court Act requires that a shelter care hearing be held within 48 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. In these cases, the Judge may decide that it is of "urgent and immediate necessity" and in the best 19 20 interests of the child that care be con- tinued in an out -of -home placement. The Judge then appoints some person or agency repr(,sentative as temporary custodian of the child through a temporary custody order Most often, the temporary custodian would be the Guardianship Administrator of DCFS, but can be a relative or friend of the family. of course, the Judge may order the child to be returned to the home of his/her parents or guardians when placement is unnecessary. During a custody or shelter care hearing, probable cause must be established; that is, the Judge must decide whether there is "probable cause" to believe that the charges stated in the petition merit a full hearing and that the case should be heard under the authority, or jurisdiction, of this Juvenile Court. Adjudicatory Hearings After all preliminary matters have been decided upon, the adjudicatory hearing (often called the 'trial') is held. The purpose of the adjudicatory hearing is for the Judge to decide, or "adjudge", whether the child should be made a ward of the Juvenile Court because he is either delin- quent, a minor in need of supervision (MINS), dependent, or neglected. The adjudicatory hearing is sometimes held the same day or within a few days of the final preliminary hearing; for children in custody, the adjudicatory hearing must take place within 10 days, for others, within 30 days. 21 There are four phases common to all adjudica- tory hearings. First, the Judge ensures that the parties are represented by an attorney. A Guardian Ad Litem may be appointed to advo- cate for the child. Next, a plea is entered in the form of an admission or a denial of the charges made in the petition. Then the evidence is presented which must be "beyond reasonable doubt" for delinquent petitions; in MINS, dependent, and neglect cases, only a simple "preponderance of evidence" is needed for adjudication. Finally, the decision, which is the actual adjudication, is made and entered. For example, during an adjudicatory hearing involving a delinquent petition, it must proven or admitted that the child violate a law and is, therefore, a delinquent. Since it was "found" to be the case that the child violated the law, the Judge then enters a finding that the child is an "adjudicated delinquent" and, therefore, made a ward of the Court as the petition requests. If it is proven that a child is beyond the control of his parents, or is habitually truant, or is addicted to drugs, then the child can be adjudicated as a minor in need of supervision (MINS). If a child is proven to be without parental care, he is a dependent child. If a child is provr- to have been abused or to have been neglq as to proper support, education, medical,` - other care necessary for his well-being, then the child can be adjudicated as a neglected child. If the case is not proven and no finding is made, the case is then dismissed. If a finding is made, the case will be continued for the dispositional hearing. Usually at this point, the Probation Services Department is directed to make a report, called the Social Investigation, of the 22 social and psychological factors affecting the child and his family. The report also contains the Probation Officer's professional recommendation as to what disposition would best serve the child and the public. The Juvenile Court's Department of Clinical Services may also be asked to complete a clinical evaluation of the psychiatric and psychological factors involved. In recognition of the special nature of children's behavior, the Juvenile Court Act also allows the Judge to declare the child a ward of the Court and to order services without the need for an adjudicatory hear- ing. A Social Investigation and clinical evaluation may be ordered in connection with this special pre -adjudicatory super- vision. DispositionaZ Hearings The purpose of the dispositionaZ hearing is to determine what outcome, or 'disposition', of the case will best serve the interests of the child and of the public. Unlike the more demanding levels of evidence required in adjudicatory hearings, all evidence which may be helpful in determining the disposition may be taken into consideration. This includes any written or oral reports from the parties involved or from any other person or professional who has interest in the case. Such information is routinely kept confidential. However, the attorneys for the parties involved are allowed access so that they may have the opportunity to dispute any information presented at the dispositional hearing. W] Types of Dispositions Depending on the type of case, the Judge has several choices available under the authority of the Juvenile Court Act. For a child who is adjudicated delinquent, the Judge may order that the child be detained in the Juvenile Temporary Deten- tion Center for a period not to exceed 15 days (or with proper notice, an additional 15 days) prior to the dispositional hearing. At the hearing itself, the Judge has many different dispositional alternatives: 1. Commitment to DOC (Illinois Depart- ment of Corrections, Juvenile Divi- sion) for children who are at least 13 years old and whose offense would be punishable with incarceration if the case were tried under criminal law for adults. Although this ordi- narily would mean placement into a secure facility, DOC offers other programs and facilities which focus on developing the psychological, educational, and employment potential of the children referred to DOC. An example of such a program is the Unified Delinquency Intervention Service (UDIS). The UDIS program, ordered as a condition of probation,, is designed to prevent juvenile crimp through the use of community-based correctional services rather than through incarceration under an order of commitment to DOC. 2, Probation for adjudicated delinquent children of any age for a period not to exceed 5 years or after age 21. A child placed on probation will be supervised and served by a Probation Officer of the Juvenile Court's Pro- bation Services Department. Besides WE specifying the term of Probation, the Judge may also require certain con- ditions to be met by the child; for example, the child may be required to attend school regularly, to engage in counseling, or to make restitution. 3. Conditional Discharge and release to his parents or guardians on the con- dition that no further delinquent acts will take place. 4. out -of -home placement, often in the form of a commitment to DCFS, in a foster home or residential placement which can provide counseling to help the child to change more constructively. 5. Referral to DMHDD Drug Treatment program of the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities for children who are addicted to drugs, as authorized under the Illinois "Drug Addiction Act." 6. Detention for 30 days in the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. 7. Emancipation of the minor for children 16 and older, according to the "Eman- cipation of Mature Minors Act." In addition to the dispositional options mentioned above, the Judge may further order Protective Supervision by a Juvenile Court Probation Officer of the parents or guardians to whose custody the child was released. Also, as part of a dispositional order, the child can be required to make monetary or public service restitution. One of the Court's restitution programs is described 25 in the section on "Services Provided by the Juvenile Court." There are several dispositional alternatives for a child who is adjudicated as a MINS: 1. Supervision by a Juvenile Court Pro- bation Officer who would provide services similar to those that would be provided to a delinquent on pro- bation. 2. out -of -home placement in a foster home or residential treatment facility. 3. Commitment to DCFS for placement and counseling, provided that DCFS accep the child. If, however, a MINS chis, violates an order of the Court, commir- ment to DCFS can be made without the necessity of its acceptance. 4. Referral to DMHDD Drug Treatment program if the child is addicted to drugs. 5. Emancipation of the child as a mature minor. As in the case of delinquent child, the Judge may also order Protective Supervisio- of parents or guardians with whom the chi{ lives or may require the child to make restitution. For children who were adjudged to be neg- lected because they were abused or without proper care, the dispositional choices are made to protect the child and to help over- come the ill effects of the abuse or neglect. 1. out -of -home placement in a foster home or group home with the assignment of a guardian, usually DCFS or a con- cerned relative or friend. This form of Guardianship with Right to Place gives full authority and responsibility to the guardian for ensuring that all appropriate care and services are provided to the child. 2. Continued in-home placement with the parents or guardians only after a special fitness hearing is held to determine whether the abusive or neglectful parents or guardians have sufficiently improved themselves or the conditions of the home. This disposition is often ordered along with court-ordered supervision and services provided by social service agencies. 3. Emancipation of the child as a mature minor may be, in effect, an additional form of placement, that of indepen- dent living. Since a child found to be dependent has, by definition, no parents or guardians avail- able to care properly for the child, the dispositional choices are limited. 1. Out -of -home placement with the assign- ment of a guardian. 2. Emancipation of the child as a mature minor. As in cases involving delinquent and MINS children, the Judge may also order Protective Supervision of the parents or guardians with whom the dependent or neglected child resides. An order requiring the child to make restitution can also be made when the neglected or dependent child's own behavior may make it necessary. xA Another important order which a Judge may issue is called an Order of Protection. This order can be made at any of the three types of hearings. It is most often used in cases of abused and neglected children for the purposes of defining limits of parental visits with a child, or of requir- ing cooperation with a social agency, or of prohibiting offensive acts against the child. Specialized Hearings In connection with the three major kinds of - hearings already described, there are other hearings which are held for specialized matters. - In order for a child to be adopted by a new set of parents, the parental rights of the natural parents must be legally terminated. In the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court, adoption hearings deal with the termination of parental rights and the appointment of a "Guardian with the Right' to Consent to Adoption." After this is accomplished, the adoptive parents would ordinarily file a petition in the appro- priate division of the Circuit Court to finalize the adoption of the child. When some juveniles between the ages of 13 and 17 are charged with crimes, they may be tried as adults in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court. Before the case can be transferred to the Criminal Court, however, a Transfer Hearing must be held at Juvenile Court. During this hearing, which takes place at the preliminary stage, the Judge hears all evidence and decides whether it is in the best interests of the public and the child to transfer the minor for prosecution as an adult. If the child is not transferred, the case will continue in Juvenile Court. A child who has been twice found to be delinquent and who has been again referred to Juvenile Court for certain serious offenses may be tried, either by the Judge alone or by a jury trial, under the Habitual Juvenile Offender section of the Juvenile Court Act. If found to be delin- quent for the third offense, the section allows only one disposition - secure deten- tion in a DOC juvenile facility until the child's 21st birthday with the possibility of earlier release for earned "good behavior." other kinds of special hearings are held for the periodic review of cases involving children under legal guardianship. Guardianship hearings are required at least once every two years, but often occur more frequently. They are held to make certain that the child is developing normally and receiving all necessary services. Special hearings are also held to handle such matters as juvenile arrest warrants, the protection of confidential information, or the destruction of certain records. Termination hearings are held to officially close cases which have had successful pro- bation, supervision, or guardianship. How- ever, some cases do not require termination hearings because all Juvenile Court juris- diction and services automatically stop when a child reaches 21 years of age. Rights of People Before The Court one major purpose of the legal procedures described above is to ensure the protection of the rights of the parties involved. The child and parents are always considered to be the parties at the hearing; guardians, custodians, or others responsible for the child may also be parties at a hearing. The Juvenile Court Act specifies that all parties have the right to be present and be heard, to be represented by an attorney, to present and examine all testimony and records, and to have these rights explained to them by the Judge. If the case is adjudicated, they also have the right to an appeal. Foster parents and social servi� professionals who are involved with the child, even though they are not parties to a case, also have the right to be heard at hearings to determine placement and guardian- ship. ADULT CASES IN JUVENILE COURT Because adults are most often the ones who abuse and neglect children, a special calendar was 02 established at Juvenile Court to hear cases of adults charged with child abuse or neglect. Specifically, cases heard on the adult calendar are those which involve adults who live in the same household as the child victim and who are charged with the abuse of a child, with contributing to the neglect, dependency or delinquency of a child, or with permitting a child to violate curfew. 29 30 The adult calendar was established in Juvenile Court to provide a more coordinated approach in dealing with families in which child neglect and abuse occurred. Both child and parents may now have the same date and place for court hearings. Thus, social and legal services and information are more easily coordinated and centralized. WHO'S WHO IN THE COURTROOM When a family and others involved in a case arrive at the courtroom on the day of their hearing, they will see many different people who are present to help them with their case. A diagram of a typical courtroom and its personnel is shown on page 25. The Judge The Judge is the final authority in the courtroom and makes all decisions about what will happen in a case. The Judge sits at the large desk, called a bench, at the front of the courtroom. The Attorneys The Cook County Assistant State's Attorney, as the attorney for the People, presents the petition and the evidence in a case. The defense attorney is either privately retained or is a Public Defender appointed by the Judge. The defense attorney ensures the protection of the legal rights of the person charged in the petition. The Guardian ad Litem acts as the advocate and the legal representative for the best interests of the child. 31 WHO'S WHO IN A TYPICAL COURTROOM AT JUVENILE COURT t THE I JUDGE ADJUDICATOR WITNESS CLERK COURT REPORTER ASSISTANT STATES PARENTS DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHILD ATTORNEY *GUARDIAN AD LITEM�:' *PROBATION OFFICER *SOCIAL WORKER *OTHERS. *INTERPRETER DEPUTY SHERIFF Waiting Area *These people may or may not be present. Room Ordinarily, the people involved with the case will consult with the appropriate attorney, often in a conference room in the waiting area, before the case is heard. Other Courtroom Personnel When all those with interest in a case arrive at the courtroom, they will report to the Cook County Deputy Sheriff who sits at the desk outside the courtroom. The Deputy Sheriffs assigned to each calendar are responsible to keep order and maintain security in the areas in and around the courtroom. Inside the courtroom, seated near the Judge, is the Adjudicator. The Adjudicator, who is one of the Probation Department staff, provides and records certain kinds of legal process information. The Clerk, who is also seated near the Judge, is responsible for the legal docu- ments and information pertaining to the case. The Court Reporter, seated near the bench, types all that is�said at the hearing. Others Involved In A Case Others involved in a case may be allowed or required to be present at a hearing depend- ing on the type of hearing and the type of case. An interpreter may be present to help those who speak foreign languages. During an adjudicatory hearing, a witness or police officer may give testimony about a case. Juvenile Court Probation officers, social workers or doctors may be present to report on a case or to lend support to the parties involved. 33 SERVICES PROVIDED BY JUVENILE COURT Throughout its history, the Juvenile Court has emphasized the necessity of providing service to its clients. Meeting the needs of the child- ren and families who are brought to the Court not only aids normal human development but also provides protection to the public through the reduction of abnormal, destructive behavior. Because of this emphasis on service, approximately two-thirds of the Juvenile Court staff are assigned to the Probation Services Department under the administration of the Chief Probation Officer. Each of the Department's seven Divisions is led by a Deputy Chief Probation Officer; the divisions are further organized into Units. A typical Unit consists of a Proba- tion Officer Supervisor and six Probation Officers. Probation Services for Delinquent and MINS Children Probation Officers from the North Division, the South Division, and the T.Y.D.P. (Joint Youth Development Program) Division are responsible for providing service to delin- quent and MINS children. Cases are assigned according to the geographic areas of the Calendar system. The North Division serves Northern Cook County; the South Division Kul serves Southern Cook County. The J.Y.D.P. Division serves select areas within the City of Chicago. Because Probation Officers are officials of the Juvenile Court, one of their main respon- sibilities is to make investigations and recommendations to the Judge, particularly after a child has been adjudicated as a delinquent or MINS. The Social Investigation report is a thorough evaluation of the child, the family, and the situation; it also con- tains the Probation Officer's recommenda- tions as to the best way to handle the child. Although Social Investigations are routinely ordered prior to the disposi- tional hearing, they can be ordered at any time a case is active with the Court. In addition to completing Social Investiga- tions, the Juvenile Court's Probation Officers also provide services directly. The Probation Officers will often monitor the child's behavior and attempt to prevent the delinquent or MINS child from committing additional criminal or status offenses. The Probation Officers often provide indi- vidual counseling to the child through personal visits in the home or community. Specially -trained Probation Officers may do family therapy with the child and the family. Many times Probation Officers will provide practical services such as placing a child into a job or locating constructive recreational activities. When other services are needed, the Proba- tion Officers will often locate and coordi- nate other services available from the Court's own special service Units or from agencies outside the Court. An example of this is the coordination between the Juvenile Court and the Chicago Department of Human Services in the operation of Chicago's Restitution Project. 35 The Project was established "for the train- ing and placement of Juvenile Court wards into government -funded jobs to enable a • juvenile offender to pay monetary restitu- tion as a condition of probation." After determining a child to be eligible, a Juvenile Court Probation Officer refers the child to the Department of Human Services which then provides job counseling and place- ment. The Juvenile Court's Budget and Accounts Department collects the money from the child and reimburses the victim until the amount ordered has been paid. Probation Services ,for Dependent and Neglected Children The Probation Officers from the Dependent, Neglect Division are responsible for monitoring and serving children who are abused, neglected, or dependent. Because DCFS has been designated as the primary service agency for dependent/neglect cases, the major task of the Court's Dependent/ Neglect Division is to monitor the reports of the child's development as well as the services and placements provided to the child. Many of these reports are required to be made by the legal guardian of the child, who may be a representative of DC`S or other child welfare agency or who may be a relative or family friend personally concerned with the child. Thus, the Division has Probation Officers assigned to Agency Guardianship Monitoring and to Personal Guardianship Mon=tor'ng. In cases concerning children for whom ser- vices are not readily available by agencies outside the Court, Probation Officers are assigned to provide services to dependent and neglected children. Such services often include the completion of Social Investigations. 36 The Dependent/Neglect Division also con- tains the Special Services Unit for the Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse. This Unit was established to ensure the pro- tection of the child victims of sexual abuse and to provide professional thera- peutic treatment to these child victims and their families. Specialized Services The knowledge explosion of the past few decades has taken place in a number of professional fields, including the field of juvenile justice. The Juvenile Court has attempted to apply the increased under- standing of delinquent and abusive behavior through the establishment of specialized service programs. These programs in the Soeciolized Services Division were designed to augment the work of Probation Officers in other direct -service divisions. The Advocacy Unit of the Specialized Ser- vices Division was established to ensure that wards of the Court receive all benefits from those public agencies which have a legal obligation to render services to them. The Probation Officers in the Advocacy Unit act as resource persons and advocates for direct -service Probation Officers in their dealings with public agencies such as DCFS, DOC, DMHDD, the schools, and police depart- ments in Cook County. The purpose of the Group Work Unit is to provide its clients with a positive group experience and intensive, supportive con- tact with a Probation Officer who is skilled in group work methods. Since its creation in 1969, the Group work Unit has considered the adolescent as its primary client but M has recently expanded to include parent groups and other family -level groups as well. The Unit employs a variety of tech- niques and offers many kinds of group experiences ranging from those which are problem -solving in nature to those which are recreational. The MINS FamiZy Intervention Unit is staffed by Probation Officers who have had extensive training in family therapy methods. The Unit's services are provided to families of MINS youth referred to the Unit by the Court's Complaint Screeners who may choose this program as one of the 90 -day diversion alternatives. The Volunteer Unit of the Specialized Ser vices Division has the responsibility to recruit, screen, and train people from the community who volunteer their time to help the wards of the Court. Under supervision of the probation staff, the volunteers often establish close relationships with the youth and the family. Their efforts augment the services offered by Probation Officers. The volunteers often act as a friend to the child and the parents and may provide services such as tutoring or career counseling. Some volunteers have assisted in reviewing guardianship report and in the Court's research projects; sort, have served as courtroom aides and tour guides as well. Support Services Meeting the needs of the children and families served by the Court's Probation Officers is often a difficult and compli- cated task. Recognizing this, the Juvenile Court has established programs to support the Probation Officers in carrying out their work. The primary aim of the Clinical Services Department is to provide the Judge with a clinical evaluation report which offers a psychiatric and psychological understanding of the child and family and contains recom- mendations for disposition. The psychia- trists, psychologists, and psychiatric social workers of the Clinical Services Department also offer consultation with probation staff to deepen the clinical in- sights into the child and family. The Clinical Services staff may also provide therapy to those clients of the Court who cannot avail themselves of it elsewhere. A great deal of knowledge is needed by today's Probation Officers. The Juvenile Court attempts to meet this need through the educational programs of the Training Division. All Probation Officers newly hired by the Juvenile Court are required to complete the ZO-meek Probation Officer Training Program. Trainees receive instruction in the law, in social work theory, and in the procedures of the Court; they also receive closely supervised practical experience in working directly with children and families who are active with the Court. As a part of the continuous effort to pro- vide in-service training to experienced probation staff, the Training Division offers its own seminars on specific topics relating to juvenile justice. One such program offered on an ongoing basis is the two-year Family Therapy Training Program which may be taken by any Probation Officer at Juvenile Court. The `.['raining Division also arranges for staff to participate in courses and con- ferences by other juvenile justice and social service organizations. The Training Division is also responsible for the super- vision of Student Interns who are sent by various colleges and universities to fulfill internship requirements for social science degrees. Public Awareness Efforts It is impossible for the Juvenile Court to completely fulfill its mission without the help of informed citizens who live in Cook County. One of the ways the Court attempts to promote public awareness is through its Speakers Bureau. The Speakers Bureau coordinates requests from the general public for Juvenile Court employees to speak at meetings and gatherings of local community groups, clubs, and schools. The Juvenile Court also educates the publiv through the publication of informational materials. This booklet for example, is distributed to several thousand people each year. The Court also publishes a Bi -Annual Report and a quarterly newsletter, The Court Reporter, which provide information about the latest programs, procedures, and laws relating to the Court. 39 40 HOW YOU CAN HELP There are many ways that you, as a concerned citizen, can help the Juvenile Court achieve its mission of protecting and caring for the public and the children and families served by the Court. You can become a Juvenile_.. Court Volunteer. For more - information on the benefits of being a Juvenile Court volunteer, please call 738-8256. k As a member of your community, you can promote i and support programs which are helpful to children and families -- programs such as quality education, and day care, adequate recreational programs, and job opportunities for youth. You may enlist the help of your neighbors, your local government officials, or even your employers in support of such programs. You may also want to become more directly involved by volunteering to work in youth programs which already exist in your community. As concerned citizens, you can help by reporting instances of child abuse and neglect to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The law requires that all reports of child abuse and neglect be made to the DCFS state-wide, toll-free number: 800 -25 -ABUSE DCFS workers are on duty to receive calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also help by reporting delinquent activity to your local police department and by cooperating with officials if the case is brought to the Juvenile Court. 41 L For more information about the Juvenile Court, cal( (312) 738- 8200 Monday -Friday: 9:00 - 4:30 Saturday: 9:00 - 12:00 Upderwri,ting Agent for INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA FIREMAN'S FUND AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES Member of SKOKIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVANSTON-NORTH SHORE BOARD OF REALTORS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE BOARDS CHICAGO MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION )ND D. I N G9 INC. REAL ESTATE 0 0 0 INSURANCERE,�LTO 5120 OAKTON STREET, P.O. BOX 588, SKOKIE, ILL. 60077 V \ - Telephones: SKOKIE-673-1234 (�J CHICAGO - 583-4040 October 12, 1981 Mr. Stephen M. Park, AICP Village Planner Village of Mount Prospect 100 S. Emerson Mount Prospect, Illinois, 60056 Re: A vacant parcel of land, 1001 Feehanville Drive Mt. Prospect, Illinois Dear Mr. Park, In accordance with your recent written request, we have inspected the captioned property for the purpose of estimating its Fair Market Value, free and clear of all encumbrances, as of October 1, 1981. The subject property, assumed herein to have all street and utility improvements completed, consists of a trapezoid -shaped vacant parcel containing approximately 174,240 square feet or 4 acres. The property is a part of a large holding of vacant industrial lots located on the south side of Feehanville Drive between Wheeling and Wolf Roads, in Mount Prospect, Illinois being developed by the Rauenhorst Corp. Based upon the data contained in the following report, together with our experience, background and knowledge of the market, it is our opinion that the Market Value of the subject property, free and clear of all encumbrances, as of October 1, 1981 was: SIX HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($610,000.00). A report of 21 pages is attached and made a part of this letter. Respectfully submitted, ARMOND D. KINQ1, INC. '�2 , 4 R. vCza__' ja i ngj @ SRPA NJK:rl 8/12/80 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE SALE OF VILLAGE OWNED REAL ESTATE .................... WHEREAS, Section 6(a) of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois (1970) provides that any municipality which has a population of more than 25,000 is a Home Rule Unit. The village of Mount Prospect, with a population in excess of 25,000 may, there-' fore, exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and I WHEREAS, the sale of real property owned by the Village of Mount Prospect pertains to the government and affairs of the Village of Mount Prospect; and WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village find that it would be in the be'-,:tt interest of the Village to establish procedures- for the sale of real property owned by the Village; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustee , s of the of Mount Prospect, Cook County, Illinois as follows: � SECTION -ONE: The President and Board of Trustees of the Village i5�nEPTosnect shall authorize the sale of any real property owned by the Village of Mount Prospect by adopting an ordinance providing therefor. Such ordinance shall contain at least,the following. A. the names of the purchasers of the property; B. the legal description of the property; rd C. the purchase price of the property; D. a finding by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village that the purchase price to be paid for o the property is fair, reasonable and just; E. the real estate contract for the purchase of the property.� SECTION TWO: The Ordinance authorizing the sale of real property owned by the Village of Mount Prospect shall be adopted by a majority vote of the corporate authorities. SECTION THREE: This Ordinance No. 3047 shall he in full force and eLfect,aterits passage, approval YHcT publication in the manner provided by law. Passed this 2nd _ day of _September , 1980. it 6 AYES: Farley, Floras, MurausRis, Richardson, Wattenberg NAYS: None ABSENT:Miller, Krause Approved this 2nd day of September, 1980. Approved: e Pr silent ............... . ....... .. ... ..... �i� A.. X Attest: Village Clerk