Whereas, the Eighth Judicial Circuit, together with local law enforcement of Alachua County is concerned about the number of habitual juvenile offenders in Alachua County, and
    Whereas, an effective and responsive juvenile justice system must take decisive measures to protect the community from juvenile crime and promote preventative means to assist at-risk juveniles, and
    Whereas, the Court, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the State Attorney's Office, the Public Defender's Office, the School Board of Alachua County the Sheriff, and other interested parties have joined together to form a Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program ("SHOCAP") for Alachua County and have established criteria for designating juveniles as serious habitual offenders, and
    Whereas, the SHOCAP partners agree to participation in long range cooperation, with special emphasis placed on juveniles who are designated serious habitual offenders, by sharing information, resources and training  efforts in order to reduce juvenile crime, and
    Whereas, any juvenile designated as a serious habitual offender, pursuant to the criteria established by the Alachua County SHOCAP interagency committee, placed under a SHOCAP order of supervision, or any juvenile committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, may be taken into custody by any law enforcement officer, if  a petition or motion alleging a violation of SHOCAP supervision has been filed, and the Court has issued an Order to take into custody upon finding that there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile is in violation of his or her SHOCAP order of supervision, because the juvenile has committed a new criminal offense, or has violated any condition of the SHOCAP order of supervision. An affidavit/petition for violation of SHOCAP supervision and an Order to take into custody are included as attachments "A" and "B" for use in Alachua County.
    It is therefore,

    ORDERED as follows:

        A. If a member of the SHOCAP unit has reason to believe that there is probable cause that a juvenile is in violation of his or her SHOCAP supervision, a sworn affidavit must be filed with the Court alleging facts which under existing law or supervisory conditions are determined to authorize taking into custody a previously designated SHOCAP offender.
        B. Upon review of the sworn affidavit, the Court may issue an Order to take said juvenile into custody.
        C. If probable cause exists for taking a juvenile into custody, the juvenile is under a SHOCAP order of supervision or committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Court has issued an Order to take into custody, the juvenile shall be immediately delivered to the Alachua Regional Detention Center to be held pending a detention hearing or further Order of this Court.

    ORDERED on this 3rd day of April, 2000.
 

IN THE INTEREST OF:

TO: ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,  DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE, OR ANY OTHER LAW   ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OF ANY STATE

A verified petition or a sworn affidavit having been filed in this case, alleging facts which under existing law or supervisory conditions are determined to be sufficient to authorize taking into custody the juvenile named or identified herein, a previously designated SHOCAP offender, and believed to be of an age subject to the juvenile jurisdiction of this Circuit Court; therefore,

  YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO TAKE INTO CUSTODY:

  CHILD'S NAME:
  ADDRESS:
  D/O/B/:
  RACE/SEX:
  FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON(S): The SHOCAP designated juvenile is   demonstrating behavior that is in violation of the Court's Order.

  ________________________________________________________________

  ________________________________________________________________

  ________________________________________________________________

    Upon taking the juvenile into custody, you will deliver him or her to the Alachua Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Gainesville, Florida, to be held pending a detention hearing or further Order of this Court.

    ORDERED in the Circuit Court of Alachua County, Florida, this __________ day of _____________________, 20____.
 

RETURN

This Order was executed at ______a.m./p.m. on the ______ day of ____________________, 20___, by the undersigned.

State Attorney's Office
Department of Juvenile Justice
Sheriff/Warrants Division
 
 

IN THE INTEREST OF:

____________________________
A Child
 

 Your petitioner, Assistant State Attorney __________________________________,

respectfully represents unto the Court that:

Name: _____________________________________ Alias: ________________________
Age:  __________ DOB: _________________  Race: __________ Sex: _______
Height: _________ Weight: ____________ Eye Color: ____________
Hair: ______________________ Scars/Taboos: ____________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________
Directions (if applicable): ________________________________________________________

has been designated as a Serious Habitual Offender Delinquent under the Alachua County SHOCAP Program, and was placed on Supervision by Order of the Court on the ________ day of ___________________, ________. Due to the charge of _________________________ (Case No: __________________________) by complaint or arrest by the Sheriff's Department/ ____________________Police Department, or for the violation of the terms of Department of Juvenile Justice supervision, the petitioner is requesting that the above designated juvenile be placed in secure detention pending further order of this Court.

Date: ____________________

    Before me, and officer duly qualified to administer oaths, personally appeared the above Petitioner, who after being duly sworn, deposes and says that the allegations of the foregoing Petition are true and correct, according tot he Petitioner's information, knowledge and belief.

    SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me on this ______________ day of __________, 20__.