Juvenile Law
Massachusetts Police Manual 2022
The Massachusetts Police Reference
for Juvenile Law & Procedure
Current up to February 25, 2022
John Sofis Scheft, Esq.
Law Enforcement Dimensions, LLC
7 Central Street, Suite 100
Arlington, Massachusetts 02476
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To the police officers Who find it in their hearts To care about children and their families. |
About the Author
John Sofis Scheft has been providing specialized legal training and promotional examination seminars for over twenty-five years, with a record unmatched in Massachusetts. Among the many topics addressed: criminal law, narcotics offenses, domestic violence, stop & frisk, searches with and without warrants, interrogations and identifications, court testimony and report writing, sexual assault investigation, and juvenile law and procedure.
Aside from legal preparation, John Scheft performs consulting services for police agencies concerning management. He has also developed programs in community policing, problem solving and street mediation.
Scheft has taught extensively for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Massachusetts State Police, Boston Police, Massachusetts Juvenile Police Officers Association, Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council, Maine District Attorneys Association, New England Community Police Partnership, and police academies and departments throughout the Commonwealth.
From 1993 to 1995, Scheft served as Director of the Attorney Generals Elderly Protection Project, which provided multi-disciplinary training to police officers on community policing issues affecting the elderly. Funded through a national grant, the Project received a 1994 innovation award from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Prior to serving with the Attorney General, Scheft worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where he became a specialist in child abuse and hard core juvenile offender cases. A graduate of Harvard University and Northeastern University School of Law, John Scheft lives with his wife and two children in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Quick Find for Key Topics
A
A&B, aggravated under 14
Abandonment
- child under 10
- minor child
- newborn
- spouse
Age Chart
Alcohol
- false ID
- house parties
- minor in possession
- police field response
- protective custody
- school grounds
AMBER Alert
Attendance
- rules for school
- supervisor of
B
Babysitting
Bullying
- mandatory report/invest. by schools
- police enforcement
- prevention
C
Care & Custody A&B
Care & Protection
Caretaker
- A&B
- mandatory reporting
- permit abuse under 14
Child Advocate
CRA (Child Req. Assistance)
- definition
- procedures in court
- protective custody
Computer
Contributing to
- delinquency of minor
- disobey court order
Curfew
D
Daycare License
De-escalation
Detention Restrictions
- CRA protective custody
- EOPSS compliance
- secure delinquents
Discipline, school
Disorderly, No School
Diversion
Drugs
- distribution to minors
- marijuana regulation
- paraphernalia
- protective custody
- school and park zone
E
Endangerment, reckless
Enticement of Child
Escape from DYS
Expulsion from School
H
Harass. Prev. Orders
Hazing
Human Trafficking
I
Ice Cream Truck Vending
Information Sharing
Inhalant Abuse
J
Juvenile Ct. Jurisdiction
K
K-9 Use in Schools
Kidnapping
- enticement of child
- parental
L
Labor, child
M
Mandatory Report
- child abuse and neglect
- fire on school grounds
- restraint of student
Marijuana
Memo. of Understanding
Mental Health
- communication
- detention options
- disorders
MIAA Student Alc./Drugs
Minor Poss. of Alcohol
MirandaRights
- adult waiver
- public safety excep.
- waiver form
Missing Children
N
Neglect
- mandatory reporting child, elder, and disabled
- parental support
O
Overnight Arrest Program
P
Property, damage/deface
Protective Custody
R
Rape
Records Access
Restorative Justice
Rolling Papers
S
Safe Schools
Searching in Schools
Sex Offender Regulation
Sexually Exploited Child
Smoking
T
Threat
- assessment
- bomb, dangerous item
- to commit a crime
Trespass
U
Unmarried parents, kidnapping