Evening star., 1951-06-07

and other long periods to have the
court take up their cases.
/ Mr.. Stone said that frequently,
'lonce the court gets around to
them, the boys are put on proba-
ition or released. He said he knows
that because the boys sometimes
Visit the Receiving Home the day
after they have appeared in court
/ Practice Criticized.
The Study Committee, In its
critical appraisal Of police, said:
"Six hundred and fifty -four of
these children were detained on
lorder of the police and released
on order of the police. Approx
mately Is per cent of these chill
dren were held for the Women s
Bureau and the balance for the
Juvenile Squad. They were moi
referred to the Juvenile Court nor
as far as the reports show to any
other community agency. The
committee feels that this practice
is unsound both socially and
legally"
| 1t. Ryan said the study COM
mittee's figures were "incompre-
hensive." He said they did not
coincide with any set of figures
he knows. He also said the study
committee spent As minutes inter-
viewing him before writing at
length and critically of the Juve-
nile Squad. He gave this explana-
ton of how police operate where
boys are concerned:
II a boy is picked up and his
parents cannot be located at once,
he Is taken to the Receiving Home.
There a charge must be placed
against him-although sometimes
the charge is purely technical
one of fugitive from parents
And where a charge is placed
except in cases Of investigation
a complaint must be filed in Ju-
venile Court. 1t was for that
reason that 1t. Ryan said he
couldn't understand why the
study committee ever said the
cases were not referred to. Ju-
Ivenile Court.
Never Made Special Report.
| AS for holding the children
without charge, 1t. Ryan said il
is police requirement that any
time a boy is held more than
three days without being charged
he has to make a special report
to Police Superintendent Robert
j. Barrett. He said he has never
made such a report because the
boys were not held three days
without charge.
Once the complaint is filed, he
went on, police lose custody. II
lis then a case for Juvenile Court.
/ However. police frequently re-
turn children to their homes be-
fore the complaint is filed. He
tsaid If the parents or guardians
win sign a statement promising
to produce the child in court the
boys are released from the Re.
ceiving Home.
u If the parents will not OF can.
mot make that guarantee, he said
4 Ithe children stay at the Receiving
Home, but-Since complaint ha!
been filed-they are under tn.
jurisdiction of the Juvenile Cour
tand not the police.
Capt. Milliken Puzzled.
Capt. Rhoda Milliken of thu
Women's Bureau said she wa!
also at a loss to explain the study
: tlcommittee's figures. She said thu
d Women's Bureau last year placed
, 1928 girls in the Receiving Home
!. OF that group, she said, com.
Iplaints were filed in Juvenile
5 Court against 1913. Most of the
. rest were being held for some
, Iother agency.
!, Capt. Milliken said under po-
! llice regulations. girls have to bt
lcharged within three days or 6
satisfactory explanation must be
made. The ones held more thar
three days without being charged
. |she said, are those whose parents
or another agency are making ar.
rangements for the child, where
1.-THE girl is a witness in protective
custody or where the girl is I
fugitive awaiting removal to he
home State.