Elezabeth Oseked, Juvenile System Youth Development (JSYD) Specialist, said the two agencies are monitoring every school and round up students found loitering during class hours.
The students will then be brought to the police and in turn parents will be informed on the matter.
A student found to be a habitual truant, the JJO will issue citation to the student’s parents. It is mandatory that the parents not the students will be cited. Under the law, parents will have to pay $100,” Oseked said in an interview.
The monitoring schedule of JJO is Monday, Wednesday and Friday. She said that there will be instances that there will be change in schedule.
Oseked did not however disclose the time of the monitoring.
There were at least 26 students apprehended by the JJO and BPS since the program started in February.
Oseked said most of the students found skipping schools were from the Palau High School and George B. Harris Elementary School.
Meanwhile, for the students or juveniles who have committed major offenses, Oseked said the JJO will not intervene unless authorized by the Attorney General.
“If the AG endorses it to us for community service, students will be assigned in different offices to perform public service under our supervision.” Oseked said.
Oseked however, said that for major offenses such as smoking marijuana or drinking alcohol, cases are usually filed before the court.
Aside from prevention, other works of JJO is the enforcement, intervention and rehabilitation to protect the rights of children.
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