Article 5, Part 3 – Immediate intervention procedures (705 ILCS 405/Article V, Part 3)

C. Formal station adjustment (705 ILCS 405/5-301(2)), continued:

If a minor violates any term or condition of the formal station adjustment, the juvenile police officer must provide written notice of the violation to the minor and his/her parent(s). After consulting with the minor and his/her parent(s), the juvenile police officer may take any of the following steps:

Warn the minor of the consequences if he/she continues to violate the formal station adjustment and continue with it

Extend the period of the formal station adjustment up to180 days

Extend community service work up to 40 total hours

Terminate the formal station adjustment unsatisfactorily and take no other action

Terminate the formal station adjustment unsatisfactorily and refer the matter to the State’s Attorney’s office for the filing of a petition.

Station adjustments will not always constitute the first attempt at closing a case. Rather, a juvenile officer may decide to directly file a petition on the offense based upon the type of offense/crime the minor has committed. Some police agencies limit their juvenile officers’ involvement in the station adjustment format because of manpower constraints. In such cases, departments may not have an adequate number of officers to check upon juveniles to see if they are complying with curfew, etc.

Any juvenile police officer making a station adjustment (whether formal or informal) will ensure that information about any offense which is a felony if committed by an adult will be reported to the Illinois State Police via fingerprint submissions. While some law enforcement agencies have been lax about complying with this provision of the law, it is mandatory for felony offenses. Agencies must comply with this law.