Poughkeepsie Launches Juvenile Intervention Program
The City of Poughkeepsie Police Department has announced the formation and the launching of the Juvenile Intervention Program.
This effort was done through a collaboration of community partners. The program will provide youth with life and job skills, educational and employment opportunities, and many resources including resources to address mental health issues. The City of Poughkeepsie Police have been analyzing trends among violent crimes among our youth, and this is an attempt to mitigate the violence through community collaboration.
The goal of the program is to bring juveniles together with available and necessary resources that can lower and possibly eliminate at-risk juveniles with criminal consequences. The City of Poughkeepsie Police Juvenile Division along with community partners worked throughout the pandemic to make this program come to be.