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The youth bureau What do they do It your or girl gets caught shoplifting damaging property or breaking and entering by Regional Police likely you will be meeting Sgt McQueen chief of the youth bureau in Halton Hills Most people think once police grab a youthful fender he hauled off to court McQueen told the Herald this week He ex plained that except In the case breaking and entering on automatic court appearance there a big difference in how children are treated by the police A youth officer has much greater discretionary powers in dealing with kids than In dealing with adults He said there Is a vast difference between a criminal and a foolish child The discretionary powers which guide Sgt McQueen arc contained in the Juvenile Act which says in Where a child is found to be a delinquent he shall be dilt with not as an offender but as one requiring help guidance and proper supervision McQueen said thia section of the act and the one following are the crux of his work The act says the care custody and discipline of a Juvenile shall be as nearly as possible as should be given by its parents Ah far as proc ticable every Juvenile delinquent shall be treated not as a criminal but as a misdirected and misguided child and one needing on encouragement help and assistance When your been picked up by the police Sgt McQueen said you arc con tacted as soon as possible to attend with your child an in with the Sargent The main reason the interview McQueen said is establish a recommendation to the court He added that a court appearance may not be necessary because the bureau had a number of methods of dealing with children The 14 year police veteran who has headed the youth bureau since its inception In Hills In told the Herald that for minor offences we 11 take no tlon This would be the case If he could be satisfied that the child came from a good family and had good discipline He pointed out that the vast majority of children in trouble come from middle class and upper middle class homes Less than three percent of the kids I see from broken families Emphasizing that each is approached on an individual level McQueen said should the child be in trouble again he or she would receive reprimand with a caution Well over percent of the kids you can talk to You point out he has made a mistake and must bear the responsibility i get together witn the parents and a boy It for one reason We re not here to discuss a criminal We re here to discuss a boy and how to ease him back into the main A further method the youth bureau uses McQueen said Is a voluntary super vision programme an agreement between the parents the child and the youth officer which sets out guidelines to govern the conduct of the child for a specific period Often this takes the form of a curfew and a lo slay away from potential trouble spots He said that probably SO percent of his work deals with family problems which arc not Included In the statistics of the bureau Parents may wish a bit of advice on who to see he sajd If so they are referred to the Children Aid Family Counselling Department of Public Health Addiction Research Foundation Board of Education attendance counsellors psychiatric facilities In Brampton and Burlington or any other suitable agencies Sgt McQueen also works with local sports groups service clubs and army In attempting to get a youngster back onto the rails Locals groups arc most operative he said When you bring a child to Juvenile Court he said it for authority to get the child treated In reviewing the statistics for the number of juveniles and the number of occurences in 1975 Sgt McQueen was delighted to note a decline or about 12 percent the previous year Pointing out that he bureau will release only percentages and not actual figures he added that one out of five Juvenile of fenders wna female Parents must accept responsibilities An important part of the work of the youth bureau la to make youngsters and adults too aware of what the youth bureau docs Last year McQueen estimated he had speaking engagements all of them outside working hours In addition to attending bear pit sessions In local high schools McQueen and Constable Wayne who also works on the youth covering the Acton and Milton areas make a special effort to quench any sudden in Blue sniff Inn or shoplifting for example If high scnool kids were running our society Sgt McQueen sold they would be much tougher on society He said the minute the kids have the slightest feeling you ore taking them along the garden path or just throwing out cliches they II back right off He sold he often points out to kids that it can be a dirty rotten world but a person has to live in it But once you learn to live life can be wonderful But God help us when the day comes when children don make mistakes McQueen said he believes children have to be influenced by parents who set a good example and not the big slick but he sees nothing wrong with corporal punish It saves a lot of words and can be misunderstood he sold adding that It should never be more severe than a cuff on the head Ifyoudldnt make a point with the first three won I make any dlf fere nee McQueen originally wonted to be an opera singer five years In the navy and a year with the Ontario Provincial Police Joined the police force here He is married and has two sons and a daughter and the only hobby be admits to is a ID- acre farm near Why did I get Into the youth bureau Well for the record 1 d have to say for the challenge and the obvious need but off the record because it extremely fascinating YOUTH BUREAU CONSTABLE Wayne Georgetown lire store set up a with John Hancock left of poster warning of dangers of shoplifting Since last March Constable thai parents who must bear got Its frustrations but what responsibility for their job I Youth Bureau head Sgt adding that the Job of McQueen and is h v for the bureau Acton and Milton A four year veteran of the District 1 Hills police station Const Jessup told the Herald In a recent In that he did not get into police work with burning eagerness After graduating from Polytechnlcal In stltue in Toronto in with a diploma In metallurgy he worked for the Division of HawkcrSiddley aerospace manufacturers in Windsor and But working as a part time cop with the auxiliary of the Ontario Provincial Police for a year gave him an Insight Into police work he said and he made the Being rather con he said I don t jump right Into a thing But after getting a chance to work on the sensitive Youth Bureau I dldn turn the opportunity down In the Youth Bureau he said the maturity of our problem is wilful damage of public and private property A problem that stays with the Bureau is why children from good homes they receive discipline should become vandals I moot a philosopher but It must mean some thing He said parents must accept responsibility for their children and discuss their own children If they wish those children to keep out of trouble with the police Of the Bureau he sold We re here basically to help the kids Something that has not helped keep children out of trouble la the lowering of the drinking age from lo IB Const Jessup bele Ives He said children of and 15 are being found drunk school dances Even more dangerous as a consequence of the lower drinking age is the fact police ore discovering more paired IByearold drivers Next to and the problems it causes children The next most serious problem Is shoplifting said Const Jessup who was unhappy lo note that for many children its the first time caught not the first lime stealing Like Sgt McQueen head of the Youth Bureau Const Is a believer in a certain amount of corporal punishment You definitely don want to beat your kids he said but you do need to get the message across He the belief When he is not out looking the Youth Bureau could be for runaway children holding easier if more parents were interviews with concerned able to answer the question parents speaking to children Do you know where your 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