Chiefs Go Back to School to
Keep Youth out of Trouble
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or three days in September police
chiefs Walt Tibbet from Fairfield, Susan
Manheimer from San Mateo and Kelly
McMillin from Salinas attended class at
Georgetown University, along with their
fellow agency leaders from probation,
health and education. The central question
presented was how to steer youth at low
risk of re-offending to services that lessen
the risk of recidivism and school failure,
while protecting public safety and saving
tax dollars. Part of a larger project funded
by the California Endowment to the Police
Foundation, to raise awareness among
chiefs about youth development, family
engagement and diversion issues, the
Police Foundation supported the police
chiefs’ participation in partnership with
the California Endowment, The California
Wellness Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, the Rosenberg Foundation, and
Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
The Georgetown University McCourt
School of Public Policy created the Center
for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) to
provide intensive training to public safety
and other community leaders across the
country. CJJR offers a variety of topical
certificate programs including sessions on
(From left) Walt Tibbet, Jim Bueermann, Shay
Bilchek, Susan Manheimer and Kelly McMillin
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Multi-Systems Integration, Youth in Custody, Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities
and Information Sharing. Support for the
Diversion Certificate program was provided in part by the James D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation and conducted in
partnership with the Juvenile Law Center
and National League of Cities.
The Director of CJJR, Georgetown
Professor Shay Bilchik, formerly served
as Director of the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP). Recognizing the need to offer
training on best practices in juvenile
justice, Shay’s team of national trainers
-- executives from law enforcement and
youth service Y