George Marchesini says new group will focus on preventing youth offending and work to address underlying complex factors
Experts want government to crack down on vigilante groups on social media as Queensland launches a new youth crime taskforce.Experts want government to crack down on vigilante groups on social media as Queensland launches a new youth crime taskforce.
The campaign launch coincided with the formation of the new police taskforce, which its new commander, the acting assistant commissioner, George Marchesini, said would focus on preventing children from going to jail.Marchesini said police are aware they cannot “arrest” their “way” out of the situation and will work with the community and government to address the underlying and complex factors behind youth offending.
The executive director of PeakCare Queensland, Lindsay Wegener, said it was “very encouraging to hear police say they’re not going to give up on young people”.
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