http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/02/06/news/top_stories/22_24_482_5_05.txt
Yvette Urrea
"The Police Department's Juvenile Justice Diversion Program was started in 1986 to help divert first-time juvenile offenders not accused of a violent crime from the juvenile courts. Instead, they are offered a chance to sign a contract with the department that calls for them to go before a panel of community members and peers who determine the consequences, said Juvenile Justice coordinator Linda Ledesma.
If the offender completes the terms of the contract, the case is closed and there is no public record of the offense, she said. If the terms are not met, then the case is sent back to the juvenile courts."
