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:
Juvenile police officers may or may not report misdemeanor offenses to the Illinois State Police. This is the officer’s discretionary decision.
A minor arrested anywhere in the state of Illinois cannot receive more than 9 station adjustments, both formal and informal, without a State’s Attorney’s approval.
If a minor is arrested in a jurisdiction in which he or she does not reside, the formal station adjustment can be transmitted to the jurisdiction where the minor does reside upon written agreement of that jurisdiction to monitor the formal station adjustment.
In Illinois, law enforcement agencies are not complying with this requirement. As of 2006, less than 60% of the state’s law enforcement agencies are in compliance. This is concerning when one considers this is, currently, the only statewide data sharing network of information law enforcement has to conduct a criminal history check on a minor.
