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Tim Faklis services y k+. :'F as the well-publicized "scared
Review staff The level of success, accord- .straight" method.
ing "to Police Chief Paul Schnell, "You can scare a kid for a lit-,
Capping off .a successful fifth has been .great thus far. "The tle while, but research ' shows
year of crime prevention educa- vast 'majority of these kids sue- that it doesn't usually change
tion for juvenile offenders, it cessfully complete the program,' behavior long-term," Planten
was announced that the .Youth . and then we' never see them' Krell said.
Service Bureau is now, set to again: That is the true; test:." The city. council •agreement .
return for a sixth. The numbers back that up, with the Youth Service, Bureau
The Maplewood .City Council According to Mary Planten- includes a anew requirement
unanimously renewed funding 'Krell, the Bureau's executive that .the age' provide . "a
for the Bureau at its .Monday; director, only 9 percent .of :kids' - range of qualitative .and . quare-
AprYl 14, meefiing, thereby giv- admitted. into the program con titatve reports to the (police).
ing kids who have had contact mit a repeat offense. This has department.". This includes
with police: a chance to start. shown to be a- more effective
over. It will cover the 2014 method\ than alternate forms
calendar year ,and willcost. see Bureau on page 7
Net r��71�.�1,tS _ Linda BaurneisterfRevev+�
The Silver. Lake Improvement p Association and other volunteers including forth High students, were out,
during the ar«nual North St, Raul SR�ring• Clean Up. Piles:of haves were raked and. debrisbagged from. the
city's nine pairka April 26.,
Bureau...
continued from page i The 'Bureau began' services in
Maplewood in .2009 and gave the. city
-a new.. service option to. help young
keeping tabs .on 'the juveniles after people who have broken the law. If a
they leave the crime. prevention edu- ,child is admitted into this program,
cation program it; is an alternative to going to juve
"we want to make sure that we're mile court. If kids fail to complete the
being as effective (as possible) with program,: they are then sent to. juve-
all .kids,: as well as. things like trans-'nile court and go through the regular
-portation and reaching. out to fami criminal prosecution process.
lies,;" Schnell said. "We wanted to The list of class options is exten-
evaluate.some things thisyear. " sive and depends on the offense, .but
First-time juvenile offenders are includes bully awareness, chemical
commonly enrolled in. the program, awareness and peaceful alternatives
in an attempt to divert the behavior.
to conflict. It also offers counseling
displayed in whatever crime they may services to both the youths and -their
.have committed in the: past.. families:
Planten-�Krell . outlined a number . of
the :program's benefits. Tim Fak.l is can be reached at (651)
"It's cheaper than sending kids 748-7814 or at-tfaklis@lillienews.com
through court,, and it's usually more
;timely," she told the council mem
begs. "Adults will remember things
:for, months and months, but .kids<may
not ,.,remember. With this p7rogram,
kds:have, the incident fresh in the 02014
memory. OR