4.3.1  Juvenile Court Employee

When alleged perpetrator is a juvenile court employee, staff shall contact appropriate law enforcement agency in order to begin co-investigation if report alleges sexual abuse or other severe abuse/neglect.

NOTE:  When the alleged perpetrator is a juvenile court employee, the Juvenile Officer will not be asked to assist in the investigation.

• If law enforcement official is available, arrange pre-interview conference to discuss complaint and plans for investigation.
• If law enforcement official is not available or unable to conduct co-investigation, proceed with investigation as required.  Law enforcement official may join investigation at any time during process.

Notify administrator of the juvenile court facility and notify Circuit or Prosecuting Attorney of report and that an investigation is being conducted.

Notify parents (of subject child) of report and that an investigation is being conducted.

Notify CD office in county of jurisdiction, if child is in CD care and custody, at time of report, and of the results of investigation.

Request CD office in county of jurisdiction, if different, to notify their juvenile office if the child is under juvenile court jurisdiction, of the report, and that an investigation is being conducted and of results of investigation.

Complete investigation jointly with all co-investigators to gather relevant data.  Arrange post-investigation conference to review findings.

• Interview victim;
• Interview witness(es) named by victim;
• In group situations, where not all children are listed as victims, request a representative sample, i.e., 10%, to avoid interviewing a large number of children;

NOTE:  Using judgment, the CA/N investigator may request that the juvenile court facility administrator select the children to be interviewed.  However, the CA/N investigator may elect to select the children if the administrator is an alleged perpetrator or otherwise compromises the investigation.

Report in writing, findings to juvenile office.

• The juvenile court facility is considered an alleged perpetrator if the child is a resident of the juvenile court facility at the time of the CA/N and the CA/N is caused by; actions and/or inactions, or written or unwritten policies of the juvenile court facility.

Notify parents (of subject child) and alleged perpetrator of results of investigation per the CS-21.