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DJJ Data – October: 9 distinct juveniles, 20 complaints, 5 approved for court, 2 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles in detention, 0 juveniles in Wrenn House, 0 juveniles on electronic monitoring, and 1 juvenile committed to YDC*. November: 7 distinct juveniles, 12 complaints, 3 approved for court, 3 juveniles diverted, 0 juveniles in detention, 0 juvenile in Wrenn House, 0 juveniles on electronic monitoring, and 0 juveniles committed to YDC. *This youth was in DSS custody and residing in Alamance County. He was committed by an Alamance County judge but since he is a legal Orange County resident, he is reflected in our stats. The jump in October complaints could be attributed to group incidents. Also, it is important to keep in mind that while it appears there has been large jump from July to October, our county’s numbers have been extremely low. The majority of complaints have been undisciplined, from both parents and law enforcement. Recently, there has been a push to hold truant youth accountable because it is their responsibility as much as the parent’s, so some of the undisciplined complaints coming from parents may be the result of this. Amanda will try to run some additional data for the next meeting – list of charges, referring agency, and if there is any prior history. Hot Topic Discussion – Sherita Cobb & Tina Sykes Looking to spark some conversation and discussion and brainstorm some possible supports for some recent issues that have been happening with OCS, and where additional law enforcement support has been needed. In school year 16-17, OCS did 93 suicide assessments. So far this school year, there have already been 67 assessments and the number is increasing. Today, for example, Tina and Sherita were late to the meeting because they had just left a school where they were dealing with a situation involving a child with mental health issues, and this was the second time this week where they had been together because of the same child. In the past two weeks, there have been about four different kids where school officials had gotten to the point where they could not handle the situation with the child and had to call law enforcement for assistance. These kids are of elementary school age, not middle or high school. Someone suggested contacting the mobile crisis team. However, when a kid is having an episode, they cannot wait an hour or two for the team to come out. One incident last week involved a child who took their clothes off outside, in front of everyone, and was running towards the highway. Tina is concerned that when law enforcement is called they have to respond. And their training is limited and not necessarily what is appropriate for the situation or the age of the student. Law enforcement can normally calm the kid down, but they aren’t always successful and have had to do restraints. In some situations, law enforcement has had to do emergency commitments, but other times, the behavior is more defiant and doesn’t meet the criteria. Someone asked if these kids are known, or if they are escalating quickly (from no incidences to full blown). And for the most part, these are kids with little to no prior incidents. Someone also asked whether bullying is a contributing factor. Sherita responded that there has been an increase in bullying complaints, but when she investigates, more often it is a situation where a child is called a name or hit, but the child responds back and by doing so it is no longer bullying. However, when the kid tells their parent they are being bullied and only gives their side, the parent will only believe their child and won’t hear/believe anything else. So when