Florida counties fare poor on juvenile civil citation rates with three-quarters earning an F grade
School districts fared better than counties, with nearly one-quarter (23 percent) earning an A or B grade. Law enforcement agencies had the highest percentage of A and B grades at 26 percent. Both districts and agencies had high numbers of F’s – 51 percent and 61 percent respectively.
The study reports nearly 9,000 arrests for common youth misbehavior in calendar year 2016, which is approximately 3,000 fewer than 2015.
For the second consecutive year, there were three counties—Duval, Hillsborough and Orange—that accounted for approximately one-quarter of all arrests statewide. The three counties arrested more than 2,000 youth with utilization rates of 28 percent, 37 percent and 43 percent, respectively.
The 2016 top-performing counties for juvenile civil citation include: Miami-Dade, Monroe and Pinellas.
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